Lists of legendary creatures  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
Revision as of 13:49, 23 October 2022
Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)

← Previous diff		 Current revision
Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)

Line 1: Line 1:
-{| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5"+#redirect[[Legendary creature]]
-| style="text-align: left;" |+
-"He <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ctesias]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> speaks also of another [[Race (human categorization) |race of men]], who are known as Monocoli, who have only one [[leg]], but are able to leap with surprising agility. The same people are also called [[Monopod (creature)|Sciapodae]], because they are in the habit of lying on their backs, during the time of the extreme heat, and protect themselves from the sun by the [[shade]] of their [[foot|feet]]."--''[[Naturalis Historia]]'' by Pliny+
-|}+
- +
-[[Image:Blemmyes (legendary creatures).jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Blemmyes (legendary creatures)|Blemmyes]] from [[Hartmann Schedel]]'s ''[[Nuremberg Chronicle]]'' ([[1493]])]] +
-{{Template}}+
- +
-This is a '''list of legendary creatures''' from various historical mythologies. Its entries include [[species]] of [[legendary creature]] and unique creatures, but not individuals of a particular species. Creatures of modern invention are not included.+
- +
-== A ==+
-[[Image:Bilibin Alkonost.JPG|thumb|right|[[Ivan Bilibin]]'s ''[[Alkonost]]'']]+
-* [[Á Bao A Qu]] ([[Malay (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor+
-* [[Aatxe]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Spirit that takes the form of a bull+
-* [[Abassy]] ([[Yakuts]]) - Demons that have teeth of iron+
-* [[Abada (unicorn)|Abada]] ([[African mythology|African]]) - Small type of unicorn reported to live in the lands of the African Congo+
-* [[Äbädä]] ([[Tatar mythology|Tatar]]) - Forest spirit +
-* [[Abaia]] ([[Melanesian mythology|Melanesian]]) - Huge magical eel +
-* [[Abarimon]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Savage humanoid with backward feet+
-* [[Abath]] ([[Malay (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - One-horned animal+
-* [[Abatwa]] ([[Zulu mythology|Zulu]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] that ride ants+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Abura-bō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spectral fire from [[Shiga Prefecture]], in which the shape of a monk can often be seen+
-* [[Abura-sumashi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - creature from a mountain pass in [[Kumamoto Prefecture]]+
-* [[Acephali]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Headless humanoids+
-* [[Acheri (legendary creature)|Acheri]] ([[Indian mythology|Indian]]) - Disease-bringing ghost+
-* [[Achiyalabopa]] ([[Pueblo people|Puebloan]]) - Rainbow-feathered birds+
-* [[Achlis]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - Curious elk+
-* [[Adar Llwch Gwin]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Giant birds that understand human languages+
-* [[Adaro (mythology)|Adaro]] ([[Solomon Islands]]) - Malevolent merfolk+
-* [[Adhene]] ([[Manx people|Manx]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Adlet]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Vampiric dog-human hybrid+
-* [[Adroanzi]] ([[Lugbara mythology|Lugbara]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Adze (folklore)|Adze]] ([[Ewe people]]) - African vampiric forest being +
-* [[Aerico]] ([[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonian]]) - Disease demon+
-* [[Afanc]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Lake monster (exact lake varies by story)+
-* [[Agathodaemon]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Spirit of vinefields and grainfields+
-* [[Agloolik]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen+
-* [[Agogwe]] ([[East Africa]]) - Small, ape-like humanoid+
-* [[Ahkiyyini]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks+
-* [[Ahuizotl (creature)|Ahuizotl]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid+
-* [[Khoikhoi mythology#Monsters|Aigamuxa]] ([[Khoikhoi mythology|Khoikhoi]]) - Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep+
-* [[Hippocamp|Aigikampoi]] ([[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]]) - Fish-tailed goat+
-* [[Aigamuxa]] ([[Khoikhoi mythology|Khoikhoi]]) - Man-eating [[Ogre]]s+
-* [[Aitu]] ([[Polynesian mythology|Polynesian]]) - Malevolent spirits or demons+
-* [[Aitvaras]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Household spirit+
-* [[Ajatar]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Akabeko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Red cow involved in the construction of [[Enzō-ji]] in [[Yanaizu, Fukushima]]+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Akamataa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Snake spirit from Okinawa+
-* [[Akateko (folklore)|Akateko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Tree-dwelling monster+
-* [[Akhlut]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Orca-wolf shapeshifter+
-* [[Akka (Spirit)|Akka]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Female spirits or minor goddesses+
-* [[Oni (folklore)|Akki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Large, grotesque humanoid+
-* [[Akkorokamui]] ([[Ainu mythology|Ainu]]) - Sea monster+
-* [[Akuma]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Evil spirit+
-* [[Akupara]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Giant turtle that supports the world+
-* [[Akurojin-no-hi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghostly flame which causes disease+
-* [[Al (folklore)|Al]] ([[Armenian mythology|Armenian]] and [[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women+
-* [[Ala (demon)|Ala]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Bad weather demon+
-* [[Alal]] ([[Chaldean mythology|Chaldean]]) - Demon+
-* [[Alan (legendary creature)|Alan]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children+
-* [[Al Basti]] ([[Turkish mythology|Turkish]]) - Female night-demon+
-* [[Griffin#Male griffin, alce or keythong|Alce]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Wingless griffin+
-* [[Alicanto]] ([[Chilean mythology|Chilean]]) - Bird that eats gold and silver+
-* [[Alicorn]] - Technically a unicorn's horn. In modern times is commonly misapplied to winged unicorns+
-* [[Alkonost]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Angelic bird with human head and breasts+
-* [[Allocamelus]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Ass-camel hybrid+
-* [[Allu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]] and [[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Faceless demon+
-* [[Almas (cryptozoology)|Almas]] ([[Altaic mythology|Mongolian]]) - Savage humanoid+
-* [[Al-mi'raj]] ([[Islamic mythology|Islamic]]) - One-horned rabbit+
-* [[Aloja (mythology)|Aloja]] ([[Catalan mythology|Catalan]]) - Female water spirit+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Alom-bag-winno-sis]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and tricksters+
-* [[Alp (folklore)|Alp]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Male night-demon+
-* [[Alphyn]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs+
-* [[Alp-luachra]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Parasitic fairy+
-* [[Al Rakim]] ([[Islamic mythology|Islamic]]) - Guard dog of the [[Seven Sleepers]]+
-* [[Alseid]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Grove nymph+
-* [[Alû]] ([[Assyrian mythology|Assyrian]]) - [[Leprosy|Leprous]] demon+
-* [[Alux]] ([[Mayan mythology|Mayan]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]]+
-* [[Amaburakosagi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ritual disciplinary demon from [[Shikoku]] +
-* [[Amala (mythology)|Amala]] ([[Tsimshian mythology|Tsimshian]]) - Giant who holds up the world+
-* [[Amamehagi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ritual disciplinary demon from [[Hokuriku region|Hokuriku]]+
-* [[Amanojaku]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Small demon+
-* [[Amarok (wolf)|Amarok]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Giant wolf+
-* [[Amarum]] ([[Quechua]]) - Water boa spirit+
-* [[Amazake-babaa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Disease-causing hag+
-* [[Amemasu]] ([[Ainu mythology|Ainu]]) - Lake monster+
-* [[Amorōnagu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Tennin|Tennyo]] from the island of Amami Ōshima+
-* [[Amphiptere]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Winged serpent+
-* [[Amphisbaena]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Serpent with a head at each end+
-* [[Nephilim#Anakim|Anakim]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Giant+
-* [[Androsphinx]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Ancient Egyptian]]) - Human-headed sphinx+
-* [[Angel]] ([[Christianity|Christian]], [[Islam]]ic, [[Judaism|Jewish]], and [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]]) - Heavenly being, usually depicted as a winged humanoid.+
-* [[Angha]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Dog-lion-peacock hybrid+
-* [[Ani Hyuntikwalaski]] ([[Cherokee mythology|Cherokee]]) - Lightning spirit+
-* [[Ankou]] ([[French language|French]]) - Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and a scythe.+
-* [[Anmo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ritual disciplinary demon from [[Iwate Prefecture]]+
-* [[Antaeus]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - A giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground+
-* [[Antero Vipunen]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Subterranean giant+
-* [[Ao Ao]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Anthropophagous peccary or sheep+
-* [[Aobōzu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Blue monk who kidnaps children+
-* [[Apkallu]] ([[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Fish-human hybrid that attends the god [[Enki]]+
-* [[Apsaras]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]] and [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Female cloud spirit+
-* [[Scorpion Man|Aqrabuamelu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Human-scorpion hybrid+
-* [[Lilith#Lilitu demons|Ardat-Lili]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Disease demon+
-* [[Argus Panoptes]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Hundred-eyed giant+
-* [[Arikura-no-baba]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Old woman with magical powers+
-* [[Arimaspi]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - One-eyed humanoid+
-* [[Arion (mythology)|Arion]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Extremely swift horse with a green mane and the power of speech+
-* [[Arkan Sonney]] ([[Manx people|Manx]]) - Fairy hedgehog+
-* [[Asag]] ([[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Hideous rock demon+
-* [[Asakku]] ([[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Demon+
-* [[Asanbosam]] ([[West Africa]]) - Iron-toothed vampire+
-* [[Asena]] ([[Turkish mythology|Turkic]]) - Blue-maned wolf+
-* [[A-senee-ki-wakw]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Stone-giant+
-* [[Ashi-magari]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Invisible tendril that impedes movement+
-* [[Asiman]] ([[Dahomey mythology|Dahomey]]) - Vampiric possession spirit+
-* [[Askefrue]] ([[Continental Germanic mythology|Germanic]]) - Female tree spirit+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Ask-wee-da-eed]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Fire [[elemental]] and spectral fire+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Asobibi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spectral fire from [[Kōchi Prefecture]]+
-* [[Aspidochelone]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Island-sized whale or sea turtle+
-* [[Asrai]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Water spirit+
-* [[Astomi]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food+
-* [[Aswang]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Carrion-eating humanoid+
-* [[Atomy]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Surprisingly small creature+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Ato-oi-kozō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Invisible spirit that follows people+
-* [[Atshen]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Anthropophagous spirit+
-* [[Auloniad]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Pasture nymph+
-* [[Avalerion]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - King of the birds+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Awa-hon-do]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Insect spirit+
-* [[Griffin#Early civilizations|Axex]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Ancient Egyptian]]) - Falcon-lion hybrid+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Ayakashi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Sea-serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Ayakashi-no-ayashibi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spectral fire from [[Ishikawa Prefecture]]+
-* [[Aziza]] ([[Dahomey mythology|Dahomey]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] that help hunters+
-* [[Azukiarai]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#A|Azukibabaa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Bean-grinding hag who devours people+
-* [[Azukitogi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides+
- +
-== B ==+
-[[Image:Al-Buraf Hafifa.jpg|right|thumb|[[Buraq]] from a 17th-century Mughal miniature]]+
- +
-* [[Baba Yaga]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Forest spirit and hag+
-* [[Jumbee#Backoo|Backoo]] ([[Guyana|Guyanese]]) - Malevolent [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]+
-* [[Bagiennik]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Malevolent water spirit+
-* [[Bahamut]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Giant fish+
-* [[Bashe]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Elephant-swallowing serpent+
-* [[Bai Ze]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Talking beast which handed down knowledge on harmful spirits+
-* [[Chinese ghosts|Ba Jiao Gui]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Banana tree spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#B|Bake-kujira]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost whale+
-* [[Bakeneko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Magical cat+
-* [[Bakezōri]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated straw sandal+
-* [[Iranian folklore#folklore creatures|Bakhtak]] ([[Iranian folklore|Iranian]]) - Night demon+
-* [[Baku (spirit)|Baku]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Dream-devouring, tapir-like creature+
-* [[Bakunawa]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Sea serpent that causes eclipses+
-* [[Balaur]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Multi-headed dragon+
-* [[Bannik]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Bathhouse spirit+
-* [[Banshee]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Death spirit+
-* [[Barbegazi]] ([[Swiss folklore|Swiss]]) - Dwarf with giant, snowshoe-like feet+
-* [[Bardi (folklore)|Bardi]] ([[Turkish folklore|Trabzon]]) - Shapechanging death spirit+
-* [[Barghest]] - Yorkshire [[Black dog (ghost)|black dog]]+
-* [[Bar Juchne]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Gigantic bird+
-* [[Barnacle Geese#Folklore|Barnacle Geese]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Geese which hatch from barnacles+
-* [[Barong (mythology)|Barong]] ([[Balinese mythology|Balinese]]) - Tutelary spirit+
-* [[Basajaun]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Ancestral, megalith-building race+
-* [[BasCelik]] ([[Serbian mythology|Serbian]]) - A powerful and very evil winged man whose soul is not held by his body and can be subdued only by causing him to suffer [[dehydration]]+
-* [[Basilisco Chilote]] ([[Chilota mythology|Chilota]]) - Chicken-serpent hybrid+
-* [[Basilisk]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Multi-limbed, venomous lizard+
-* [[Batibat]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Female night-demon+
-* [[Hiderigami|Batsu]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Drought spirit+
-* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Demonic beings|Baubas]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Malevolent spirit+
-* [[Baykok]] ([[Ojibwa]]) - Flying skeleton+
-* [[Bean Nighe]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Death spirit (a specific type of Banshee/Bean Sídhe)+
-* [[Behemoth]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Primal, gigantic land animal+
-* [[Bendigeidfran]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Giant king+
-* [[Bennu]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Egyptian]]) - Heron-like, regenerative bird, equivalent to (or inspiration of) the Phoenix+
-* [[Berehynia]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Water spirit+
-* [[Jötunn|Bergrisar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Mountain giant+
-* [[Rå|Bergsrå]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Mountain spirit+
-* [[Bestial beast]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - Centauroid specter+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#B|Betobeto-san]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Invisible spirit which follows people at night, making the sound of footsteps+
-* [[Bhūta]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]] and [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Ghost of someone killed by execution or suicide+
-* [[Khoikhoi mythology#Monsters|Bi-blouk]] ([[Khoikhoi mythology|Khoikhoi]]) - Female, anthropophagous, partially invisible monster+
-* [[Bies]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Demon+
-* [[Bigfoot]] ([[United States|American]] folklore) - Forest-dwelling apeman.+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#B|Binbōgami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit of poverty+
-* [[Bishop-fish]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Fish-like humanoid+
-* [[Black Annis]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Blue-faced hag+
-* [[Black dog (ghost)|Black Dog]] ([[British folklore|British]]) - Canine death spirit+
-* [[Black Shuck]] - Norfolk, Essex, and Suffolk [[Black dog (ghost)|black dog]]+
-* [[Blemmyae]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Headless humanoid with face in torso+
-* [[Bloody Bones]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Water bogeyman+
-* [[Bluecap]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Mine-dwelling fairy+
-* [[Bodach]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Malevolent spirit+
-* [[Bogeyman]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent spirit+
-* [[Boggart]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent household spirit+
-* [[Boginki]] ([[Polish mythology|Polish]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Bogle]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Malevolent spirit+
-* [[Boi-tatá]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - Giant snake+
-* [[Bolla]] ([[Albanian mythology|Albanian]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Bonnacon]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Bull-horse hybrid with flaming dung+
-* [[Boobrie]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Roaring water bird+
-* [[Bozaloshtsh]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Death spirit+
-* [[Brag (folklore)|Brag]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent water horse+
-* [[Brownie (mythology)|Brownie]] ([[English folklore|English]] and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Benevolent household spirit+
-* [[Broxa]] ([[Jewish folklore|Jewish]]) - Nocturnal bird that drains goats of their milk+
-* [[Buckriders|Bokkenrijders]] ([[Mythology of the Low Countries|Dutch]]) - Damned bandits+
-* [[Bugbear]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Bearlike goblin+
-* [[Buggane]] ([[Manx people|Manx]]) - Ogre-like humanoid+
-* [[Bugul Noz]] ([[Celtic mythology|Celtic]]) - Extremely ugly, but kind, forest spirit+
-* [[Bukavac]] ([[Serbian mythology|Serbia]]) - Six-legged lake monster+
-* [[Bukit Timah Monkey Man]] ([[Singapore]]) - Forest dwelling immortal primate+
-* [[Bunyip]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Horse-walrus hybrid lake monster+
-* [[Buraq]] ([[Islamic mythology|Islamic]]) - Human-headed, angelic horse+
-* [[Jumbee#Bush Dai Dai|Bush Dai Dai]] ([[Guyana|Guyanese]]) - Spirit that seduces and kills men+
-* [[Byangoma]] ([[Bengali mythology|Bengali]]) - Fortune-telling birds+
-* [[Bysen]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Diminutive forest spirit+
- +
-== C ==+
-[[Image:Leprechaun or Clurichaun.png|thumb|A representation of a [[Clurichaun]] in [[Thomas Crofton Croker|T. C. Croker's]] ''Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland'']]+
- +
-* [[Cabeiri]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Smith and wine spirits+
-* [[Cacus]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - Fire-breathing giant+
-* [[Cadejo]] ([[Central America]]) - Cow-sized dog-goat hybrid in two varieties: benevolent and white, and malevolent and black+
-* [[Caipora]] ([[Tupi people|Tupi]]) - Fox-human hybrid and nature spirit+
-* [[Caladrius]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - White bird that can foretell if a sick person will recover or die+
-* [[Calingi]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Humanoids with an eight-year lifespan+
-* [[Callitrix]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates+
-* [[Calydonian Boar]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Giant, chthonic boar+
-* [[Calygreyhound]] ([[Heraldry|Heraldic]]) - Wildcat-deer/antelope-eagle-ox-lion hybrid+
-* [[Camahueto]] ([[Chilota mythology|Chilota]]) - One-horned calf+
-* [[Cambion]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Hybrid between a human and an incubus or succubus+
-* [[Campe]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Dragon-human-scorpion hybrid+
-* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|Candileja]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Spectral, fiery hag+
-* [[Jumbee#Canaima|Canaima]] ([[Guyana|Guyanese]]) - Were-jaguar+
-* [[Canotila]] ([[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and tree spirits+
-* [[Caoineag]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Death spirit (a specific type of Banshee/Bean Sídhe)+
-* [[Capa (Lakota mythology)|Capa]] ([[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]) - Beaver spirit+
-* [[Căpcăun]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Large, monstrous humanoid+
-* [[Carbuncle (mythology)|Carbuncle]] ([[Latin America]]) - A small creature with a jewel on its head+
-* [[Catoblepas]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Scaled buffalo-hog hybrid+
-* [[Cat Sidhe]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Fairy cat+
-* [[Cecaelia]] - Modern term for mermaid-like, human-octopus hybrid+
-* [[Ceffyl Dŵr]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Malevolent water horse+
-* [[Centaur]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-horse hybrid+
-* [[Cerastes]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Extremely flexible, horned snake+
-* [[Cerberus]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld+
-* [[Cercopes]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Mischievous forest spirit+
-* [[Cericopithicus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates+
-* [[Ceryneian Hind]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Hind with golden antlers and bronze or brass hooves+
-* [[Cetan]] ([[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]) - Hawk spirit+
-* [[Chakora]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Lunar bird+
-* [[Chamrosh]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Dog-bird hybrid+
-* [[Chaneque]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and nature spirits+
-* [[Changeling]] ([[European folklore|European]]) - Non-human humanoid child (fairy, elf, troll, etc.) substituted for a kidnapped human child+
-* [[Charybdis]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Sea monster in the form of a giant mouth+
-* [[Chepi]] ([[Narragansett tribe|Narragansett]]) - Ancestral spirit that instructs tribe members+
-* [[Cherufe]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Volcano-dwelling monster+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Chibaiskweda]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Ghost of an improperly buried person+
-* [[Chichevache]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Human-faced cow that feeds on good women+
-* [[Chickcharney]] ([[Culture of the Bahamas|Bahaman]]) - Bird-mammal hybrid+
-* [[Chimera (mythology)|Chimaera]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Lion-goat-snake hybrid+
-* [[Chindi]] ([[Navajo mythology|Navajo]]) - Vengeful ghosts that cause [[dust devils]]+
-* [[Chinthe]] ([[Burmese culture|Burmese]]) - Temple-guarding feline, similar to Chinese Shi and Japanese Shisa+
-* [[Zulu mythology|Chitauli]] ([[Zulu mythology|Zulu]]) - Human-lizard hybrid+
-* [[Chōchinobake]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated paper lantern+
-* [[Chollima]] ([[Korean mythology|Korean]]) - Supernaturally fast horse+
-* [[Chonchon]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Disembodied, flying head+
-* [[Jumbee#Choorile|Choorile]] ([[Guyana|Guyanese]]) - Ghost of a woman that died in childbirth+
-* [[Chromandi]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Hairy savages with dog teeth+
-* [[Chrysaor]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Son of the [[gorgon]] Medusa, imaged as a giant or a winged boar+
-* [[Chukwa]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Giant turtle that supports the world+
-* [[Churel]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Vampiric, female ghost+
-* [[Ciguapa]] ([[Dominican Republic]]) - Malevolent seductress+
-* [[Cihuateteo]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - Ghosts of women that died in childbirth+
-* [[Cikavac]] ([[Serbian mythology|Serbian]]) - Bird that serves its owner+
-* [[Cinnamon bird]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Giant bird that makes its nest out of cinnamon+
-* [[Cipactli]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - Sea monster, crocodile-fish hybrid+
-* [[Cirein cròin]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Sea serpent+
-* [[Cluricaun]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Leprechaun-like [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] that are permanently drunk+
-* [[Coblynau]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and mine spirits+
-* [[Cockatrice]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Chicken-lizard hybrid+
-* [[Cofgodas|Cofgod]] ([[Anglo-Saxon polytheism|English]]) - Old English term meaning "cove-god"+
-* [[Colo Colo (mythology)|Colo Colo]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Rat-bird hybrid that can shapeshift into a serpent+
-* [[Corycian nymphs]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Nymph of the [[Corycian Cave]]+
-* [[Cretan Bull]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Monstrous bull+
-* [[Crinaeae]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Fountain nymph+
-* [[Criosphinx]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Ancient Egypt]]) - Ram-headed sphinx+
-* [[Crocotta]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Monstrous dog-wolf+
-* [[Cuco]] ([[Latin American folklore|Latin America]]) - Bogeyman+
-* [[Cucuy]] ([[Latin American folklore|Latin America]]) - Malevolent spirit+
-* [[Cuegle]] ([[Cantabrian mythology|Cantabrian]]) - Monstrous, three-armed humanoid+
-* [[Cuélebre]] ([[Asturias|Asturian]] and [[Cantabrian mythology|Cantabrian]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Curupira]] ([[Tupi people|Tupi]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Cu Sith]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Gigantic fairy dog+
-* [[Cŵn Annwn]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Underworld hunting dogs+
-* [[Cyclops]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - One-eyed giants+
-* [[Cyhyraeth]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Death spirit+
-* [[Cynocephaly|Cynocephalus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Dog-headed humanoid+
- +
-== D ==+
-[[Image:Dragon chinois.jpg|thumb|right|240px|''[[Chinese dragon]]'', color engraving on wood, Chinese school, nineteenth century]]+
- +
-* [[Dactyl (mythology)|Dactyl]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and smith and healing spirits+
-* [[Daemon (mythology)|Daemon]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Incorporeal spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#D|Daidarabotchi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Giant responsible for creating many geographical features in Japan+
-* [[Tengu#Great and small demons|Daitengu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - The most powerful class of [[tengu]], each of whom lives on a separate mountain+
-* [[Daitya]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Giant+
-* [[Danava (Hinduism)|Danava]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Water demon+
-* [[Daphnaie]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Laurel tree nymph+
-* [[Datsue-ba]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Old woman who steals clothes from the souls of the dead+
-* [[Dead Sea Apes]] ([[Islamic mythology|Islamic]]) - Human tribe turned into apes for ignoring Moses' message+
-* [[Deer Woman]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Human-deer hybrid+
-* [[Deity]] (Global) - Preternatural or supernatural being+
-* [[Demigod]] - Half human, half god.+
-* [[Demon]] - Malevolent spirit+
-* [[Dhampir]] ([[Balkans]]) - Hybrid between a human and a vampire+
-* [[Chinese ghosts|Diao Si Gui]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Hanged ghost+
-* [[Dilong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Chthonic dragon+
-* [[Dip (Catalan myth)|Dip]] ([[Catalan myths and legends|Catalan]]) - Demonic and vampiric dog+
-* [[Di Penates]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - House spirit+
-* [[Dipsa]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Extremely poisonous snake+
-* [[Dirawong]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Goanna spirit+
-* [[Di sma undar jordi]] ([[Gotland]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and nature spirits+
-* [[Diwata]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Tree spirit+
-* [[Dobhar-chu]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Dog-fish hybrid+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Do-gakw-ho-wad]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]]+
-* [[Dokkaebi]] ([[Korean mythology|Korean]]) - Grotesque, horned humanoids+
-* [[Dark elves|Dökkálfar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Male ancestral spirits+
-* [[Dola (mythology)|Dola]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Tutelary and fate spirit+
-* [[Domovoi]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - House spirit+
-* [[Doppelgänger]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Ghostly double+
-* [[European_dragon#Dragons_in_Catalan_mythology|Drac]] ([[Catalan myths and legends|Catalan]]) - Lion or bull-faced dragon+
-* [[Beaucaire, Gard#Le Drac|Drac]] ([[Mythology in France|French]]) - Winged sea serpent+
-* [[Dragon]] (Many cultures worldwide)+
-* [[Dragon turtle]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Giant turtle with dragon-like head+
-* [[Draugr]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Undead+
-* [[Drekavac]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Restless ghost of an unbaptised child+
-* [[Drow]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Cavern spirit+
-* [[Drude]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Possessing demon+
-* [[Druk]] ([[Culture of Bhutan|Bhutanese]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Dryad]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Tree nymph+
-* [[Duende (mythology)|Duende]] ([[Spanish mythology|Spanish]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and forest spirits+
-* [[Duergar (folklore)|Duergar]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]+
-* [[Dullahan]] ([[Irish folklore|Irish]]) - Headless death spirit+
-* [[Philippine mythical creatures#Duwende|Duwende]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]], some are house spirits, others nature spirits+
-* [[Norse dwarves|Dvergr]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Subterranean [[Little people (mythology)|little people]] smiths+
-* [[Dvorovoi]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Courtyard spirit+
-* [[Dwarf (mythology)|Dwarf]] ([[Germanic paganism|Germanic]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] nature spirits+
-* [[Dybbuk]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - A spirit (sometimes the soul of a wicked deceased) that possesses the living.+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Dzee-dzee-bon-da]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Hideous monster+
-* [[Dzunukwa]] ([[Kwakwaka'wakw mythology|Kwakwaka'wakw]]) - Child-eating hag+
- +
-== E ==+
-[[Image:Erl king sterner.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"The [[Erlking]]", by Albert Sterner, ca. [[1910]]]]+
- +
-* [[Each Uisge]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Malevolent water horse+
-* [[Eachy]] ([[English folklore|English]] and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Humanoid lake monster+
-* [[Eagle Spirit]] (Many cultures worldwide) - Leadership or guidance totem+
-* [[Ebu Gogo]] ([[Flores]]) - Diminutive humanoids, possibly inspired by ''[[Homo floresiensis]]''+
-* [[Remora#Mythology|Echeneis]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Remora, said to attach to ships to slow them down+
-* [[Edimmu]] ([[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Ghosts of those not buried properly+
-* [[Egbere]] ([[Yoruba religion|Yoruba]]) - Humanoid that carries a magical mat+
-* [[Einherjar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Spirits of brave warriors+
-* [[Philippine mythical creatures#Ekek|Ekek]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Flesh-eating, winged humanoids+
-* [[Elbow Witch]] ([[Ojibwa]]) - Hags with awls in their elbows+
-* [[Giant (mythology)#Scandinavian polytheism|Eldjötnar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Fire giant+
-* [[Eleionomae]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Marsh nymph+
-* [[Elemental]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Personification of one of the [[Classical elements]]+
-* [[‘Elepaio#Cultural significance|‘Elepaio]] ([[Hawaiian mythology|Hawaiian]]) - Monarch flycatcher spirit that guides canoe-builders to the proper trees+
-* [[Elf]] ([[Germanic paganism|Germanic]]) - Nature and fertility spirit+
-* [[Eloko]] ([[Central Africa]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and malevolent nature spirits+
-* [[Emela-ntouka]] ([[Central Africa]]) - Gigantic, elephant-killing beast+
-* [[Emere]] ([[Yoruba religion|Yoruba]]) - Child that can move back and forth between the material world and the afterlife at will+
-* [[Nephilim#Etymology|Emim]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Giant+
-* [[Empusa]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Female demon that waylays travelers and seduces and kills men+
-* [[Encantado]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - Dolphin-human shapeshifter+
-* [[Enchanted Moor]] ([[Culture of Portugal|Portuguese]]) - Enchanted princesses+
-* [[Enfield beast|Enfield]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Fox-greyhound-lion-wolf-eagle hybrid+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#E|Enkō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Kappa (folklore)|Kappa]] of [[Shikoku]] and western [[Honshū]]+
-* [[Epimeliad]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Apple tree nymph+
-* [[Chinese ghosts|Er Gui]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Hungry ghost+
-* [[Erlking]] ([[Germanic folklore|Germanic]]) - Death spirit+
-* [[Erymanthian Boar]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Giant boar+
-* [[Ethiopian Pegasus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Two-horned, winged horse+
-* [[Ettin]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Three-headed giant+
-* [[Eurynomos]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Blue-black, carrion-eater in the underworld+
-* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Local and nature spirits|Ežerinis]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Lake spirit+
- +
-== F ==+
-[[Image:futakuchi-onna.jpg|thumb|250px|A [[Futakuchi-onna]]]]+
- +
-* [[Fachen]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]] and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Monster with half a body+
-* [[Fæcce]] ([[Anglo-Saxon polytheism|English]]) - Old English Animal protection spirit+
-* [[Fairy]] (Many cultures worldwide) - Nature spirits+
-* [[Familiar]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Animal servant+
-* [[Far darrig]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] that constantly play pranks+
-* [[Faun]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - Human-goat hybrid nature spirit+
-* [[Fear gorta]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Hunger ghost+
-* [[Feathered Serpent (deity)|Feathered Serpent]] - [[Mesoamerica]]n dragon+
-* [[Fenghuang]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Rooster-swallow-fowl-snake-goose-tortoise-stag-fish hybrid+
-* [[Fenodyree]] ([[Manx people|Manx]]) - House spirit+
-* [[Fenris]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Gigantic, ravenous wolf+
-* [[Fext]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Undead+
-* [[Finfolk]] ([[Orkney]]) - Fish-human hybrid that kidnaps humans for servants+
-* [[Fir Bolg]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Ancestral race+
-* [[Fire bird (mythology)|Fire Bird]] (Many cultures worldwide) - Regenerative, solar bird+
-* [[Firedrake]] ([[Germanic paganism|Germanic]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Fish-man]] ([[Cantabrian mythology|Cantabrian]]) - Amphibious, scaled humanoid+
-* [[Fomorian]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Goat-headed giant+
-* [[Forest Bull]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Giant, red cattle with swiveling horns+
-* [[Freybug]] - Norfolk [[Black dog (ghost)|black dog]]+
-* [[Fuath]] ([[Celtic mythology|Celtic]]) - Malevolent water spirit+
-* [[Fucanglong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Underworld dragon+
-* [[Funayūrei]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghosts of people who drowned at sea+
-* [[Futakuchi-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Woman with a second mouth on the back of her head+
-* [[Fylgja]] ([[Scandinavian mythology|Scandinavian]]) - Animal familiar+
- +
-== G ==+
-[[Image:Medusa by Caravaggio.jpg|thumb|240px|Baroque [[Medusa]] (A [[gorgon]]) combined beauty and horror: ''Medusa,'' after 1590, by [[Caravaggio]].]]+
- +
- +
-* [[Gaasyendietha]] ([[Seneca mythology|Seneca]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Gagana]] ([[Russian folklore|Russian]]) - Bird with iron beak and copper talons+
-* [[Gaki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghosts of especially greedy people+
-* [[Gallu]] ([[Mesopotamian mythology|Mesopotamian]]) - Underworld demons+
-* [[Galtzagorriak]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Diminutive, demonic servants+
-* [[Gamayun]] ([[Russian folklore|Russian]]) - Prophetic bird with human head+
-* [[Gana]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Attendants of Shiva+
-* [[Gancanagh]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Male fairy that seduces human women+
-* [[Gandaberunda]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Double-headed bird+
-* [[Gandharva]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Male nature spirits, often depicted as part human, part animal+
-* [[Gargouille]] ([[Mythology in France|French]]) - Water dragon+
-* [[Garmr]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Giant, ravenous wolf+
-* [[Garuda]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Human-eagle hybrid+
-* [[Gaueko]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Wolf capable of walking upright+
-* [[Ged (heraldry)|Ged]] ([[Heraldic]]) - The fish [[Esox|pike]]+
-* [[Gegenees]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Six-armed giant+
-* [[Genie]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Elemental spirit+
-* [[Genius loci]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - Spirit that protects a specific place+
-* [[German (mythology)|German]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Male spirit associated with bringing rain and hail+
-* [[Geryon]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Giant with three heads, six arms, three torsos and (in some sources) six legs+
-* [[Ghillie Dhu]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Tree guardian+
-* [[Ghost]] - Disembodied spirits, specifically of those that have died+
-* [[Ghoul]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Earth genie. Also a shapeshifting desert anthropophagus+
-* [[Giant (mythology)]]+
-* [[Giant animal (mythology)]]+
-* [[Gichi-anami'e-bizhiw]] ([[Ojibwa]]) - Bison-snake-bird-cougar hybrid and water spirit+
-* [[Gidim]] ([[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Ghost+
-* [[Gigantes]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Race of giants that fought the Olympian gods, sometimes depicted with snake-legs+
-* [[Gigelorum]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Smallest animal+
-* [[Scorpion Man|Girtablilu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Human-scorpion hybrid+
-* [[Gjenganger]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Corporeal ghost+
-* [[Glaistig]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Human-goat hybrid+
-* [[Glashtyn]] ([[Manx people|Manx]]) - Malevolent water horse+
-* [[Gnome]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Diminutive Earth [[elemental]]+
-* [[Goblin]] ([[Medieval folklore|Medieval]]) - Grotesque, mischievous [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]+
-* [[Gog and Magog#Gog and Magog in Britain|Gog]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Giant protector of London+
-* [[Gold-digging ant]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Dog-sized ant that digs for gold in sandy areas+
-* [[Golem]] ([[Jewish folklore|Jewish]]) - Animated construct+
-* [[Gorgades]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Hairy humanoid+
-* [[Gorgon]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Fanged, snake-haired humanoids that turn anyone who sees them into stone+
-* [[Goryō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Vengeful ghosts, usually of martyrs+
-* [[Gremlin]] ([[Folklore]]) - Goblins that sabotage airplanes+
-* [[Griffin]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Lion-eagle hybrid+
-* [[Grigori]] ([[Christianity|Christian]]) - Fallen angels+
-* [[Church Grim|Grim]] ([[English folklore|English]] and [[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Tutelary spirits of churches+
-* [[Grindylow]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent water spirit+
-* [[Grine]] (Moroccan) - Genie duplicate of a person. Lives in a parallel world+
-* [[Gualichu]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Malevolent spirit+
-* [[Shedu#Bull man|Gud-elim]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Human-bull hybrid+
-* [[Tengu#Great and small demons|Guhin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Anthropomorphic bird+
-* [[Chinese ghosts|Gui Po]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Ghost that manifests as an old woman+
-* [[Chinese ghosts|Gui Shu]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Ghostly tree that confuses travelers by moving+
-* [[Gulon]] ([[Continental Germanic mythology|Germanic]]) - Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid+
-* [[Gumiho]] ([[Korean mythology]])- A demon fox with thousands of tails. Believed to possess an army of spirits and magic in its tails. +
-* [[Gwyllgi]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - [[Black dog (ghost)|black dog]]+
-* [[Gwyllion]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Malevolent spirit+
-* [[Gyascutus]] (American folklore) - Four-legged herbivore+
-* [[Gytrash]] ([[Lincolnshire]] and [[Yorkshire]]) - [[Black dog (ghost)|black dog]]+
-* [[Gyūki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Bull-headed monster+
- +
-== H ==+
-[[Image:Hippokampos, Nordisk familjebok.png|right|frame|[[Hippocamp]]us drawn from a fresco in [[Pompeii]]]]+
- +
-* [[Hadhayosh]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Gigantic land animal+
-* [[Haetae]] ([[Korean mythology|Korean]]) - Dog-lion hybrid+
-* [[Hag]] (Many cultures worldwide) - Wizened old woman, usually a malevolent spirit with this specific form, or a goddess in disguise+
-* [[Haietlik]] ([[Nuu-chah-nulth mythology|Nuu-chah-nulth]]) - Water serpent+
-* [[Khoikhoi mythology#Monsters|Hai-uri]] ([[Khoikhoi mythology|Khoikhoi]]) - Male, anthropophagous, partially invisible monster+
-* [[Bai Ze|Hakutaku]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Talking beast which handed down knowledge on harmful spirits+
-* [[Hākuturi]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Nature guardian+
-* [[Half-elf]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Hybrid of a human and an elf+
-* [[Haltija]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Spirit that protects a specific place+
-* [[Hamadryad]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Oak tree nymph+
-* [[Hamingja]] ([[Scandinavian mythology|Scandinavian]]) - Personal protection spirit+
-* [[Hamsa (Hindu mythology)|Hamsa]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]], [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]], and [[Jainism]]) - Mystical bird+
-* [[Hanau epe]] ([[Rapa Nui mythology|Rapa Nui]]) - Long-eared humanoid+
-* [[Hantu Air]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Shapeshifting water spirit+
-* [[Hantu Demon]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Demon+
-* [[Hantu Raya]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Demonic servant+
-* [[Harionago]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Humanoid female with barbed, prehensile hair+
-* [[Harpy]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Death spirit with the form of a bird with a human head+
-* [[Draugr|Haugbui]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Undead who cannot leave its burial mound+
-* [[Rå|Havsrå]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Saltwater spirit+
-* [[Headless Mule]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - Fire-spewing, headless, spectral mule+
-* [[Hecatonchires]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Primordial giants with 100 hands and fifty heads+
-* [[Heikegani]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Crabs with human-faced shells, the spirits of the warriors killed in the [[Battle of Dan-no-ura]]+
-* [[Heinzelmännchen]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Household spirit+
-* [[Helead]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Fen nymph+
-* [[Hellhound]] (Many cultures worldwide) - Dog from underworld+
-* [[Hercinia]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Glowing bird+
-* [[Herensuge]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Hesperides]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Nymph daughters of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]+
-* [[Hiderigami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Drought spirit+
-* [[Hieracosphinx]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Ancient Egypt]]) - Falcon-headed sphinx+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#H|Hihi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Baboon monster+
-* [[Hiisi]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Nature guardian+
-* [[Hippocamp]] ([[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]], [[Greek mythology|Greek]], and [[Phoenicia]]n) - Horse-fish hybrid+
-* [[Hippogriff]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Hybrid of a [[griffon]] and horse, that is a lion-eagle-horse hybrid+
-* [[Hippopodes]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Horse-hoofed humanoid+
-* [[Hircocervus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Deer-goat hybrid+
-* [[Hitodama]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghosts of the newly dead, which take the form of fireballs+
-* [[Hitotsume-kozō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - One-eyed child-like spirit+
-* [[Hob (folklore)|Hob]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - House spirit+
-* [[Hobbididance]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent spirit+
-* [[Hobgoblin]] ([[Medieval folklore|Medieval]]) - Friendly or amusing goblin+
-* [[Hōkō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Dog-like tree spirit from China+
-* [[Homa (mythology)|Homa]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Eagle-lion hybrid, similar to a [[griffin]]+
-* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|Hombre Caiman]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Human-alligator hybrid+
-* [[Hombre Gato]] ([[Latin American folklore|Latin America]]) - Human-cat hybrid+
-* [[Homunculus]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Diminutive, animated construct+
-* [[Fenghuang|Hō-ō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Rooster-swallow-fowl-snake-goose-tortoise-stag-fish hybrid+
-* [[Hoopoe#Hoopoes in human culture|Hoopoe]] - A [[near passerine]] bird common to [[Africa]] and [[Eurasia]] that features in many mythologies in those continents+
-* [[Horned Serpent]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Serpentine rain spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#H|Hotoke]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Deceased person+
-* [[Houri]] ([[Islamic mythology|Islamic]]) - Heavenly beings+
-* [[Jötunn|Hrímþursar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Frost Giant+
-* [[Huaychivo]] ([[Mayan mythology|Mayan]]) - Human-deer hybrid+
-* [[Huldra]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Forest spirit+
-* [[Huli jing]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Nine-tailed fox spirit+
-* [[Huma (mythology)|Huma]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Regenerative fire bird+
-* [[Humbaba]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Lion-faced giant+
-* [[Hundun]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Chaos spirit+
-* [[Hupia]] ([[Taíno]]) - Nocturnal ghost+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#H|Hyakume]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Creature with a hundred eyes+
-* [[Lernaean Hydra|Hydra]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Multi-headed water serpent/dragon+
-* [[Hydros (legendary creature)|Hydros]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Snake whose poison causes the victim to swell up+
-* [[Hydrus (legendary creature)|Hydrus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Snake from the [[Nile River]] that would kill [[Nile crocodile|crocodiles]] from the inside+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#H|Hyōsube]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Hair-covered [[Kappa (folklore)|kappa]]+
-* [[Hypnalis]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Snake that kills its victims in their sleep+
- +
-== I ==+
-[[Image:Incubus.jpg|thumb|''[[Incubus]]'', 1870]]+
- +
-* [[Iannic-ann-ôd]] ([[Brittany|Breton]]) - Ghost of a drowned person+
-* [[Iara (mythology)|Iara]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - Female water spirit+
-* [[Ibong Adarna]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Bird that changes color each time it finishes a song+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#I|Ichimoku-nyūdō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - One-eyed [[Kappa (folklore)|kappa]] from [[Sado, Niigata|Sado Island]]+
-* [[Tsukumogami#Types of tsukumogami|Ichiren-Bozu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animated prayer beads+
-* [[Ichneumon]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Dragon-killing animal+
-* [[Triton (mythology)#Tritones|Ichthyocentaur]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-fish hybrid+
-* [[Iele]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Female nature spirits+
-* [[Ifrit]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Fire genie+
-* [[Ijiraq (mythology)|Ijiraq]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Spirit that kidnaps children+
-* [[Ikiryō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - can be considered a 'living ghost', as it is a person's spirit outside their body+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#I|Ikuchi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Sea-serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil+
-* [[Iku-Turso]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Sea monster+
-* [[Il-Belliegħa]] ([[Culture of Malta|Maltese]]) - Malevolent well spirit+
-* [[Imp]] ([[Medieval folklore|Medieval]]) - Diminutive, demonic servant+
-* [[Impundulu]] ([[Southern Africa]]) - Avian, vampiric lightning spirit+
-* [[Korean dragon#Imoogi|Imugi]] ([[Korean mythology|Korean]]) - Flightless, dragon-like creatures (sometimes thought of as proto-dragons)+
-* [[Inapertwa]] ([[Aboriginal mythology|Aboriginal]]) - Simple organisms, used by creator-gods to make everything else+
-* [[Incubus (demon)|Incubus]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Male night-demon and rapist+
-* [[Indrik]] ([[Russian folklore|Russian]]) - One-horned horse-bull hybrid+
-* [[Indus Worm]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Giant, white, carnivorous worm+
-* [[Inkanyamba]] ([[Zulu mythology|Zulu]]) - Horse-headed serpent+
-* [[Inugami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Dog spirit+
-* [[Ipotane]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Horse-human hybrid, two-legged (as opposed to the four-legged [[centaur]])+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#I|Ippon-datara]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - One-legged mountain spirit+
-* [[Iratxoak]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Diminutive, demonic servants+
-* [[Grigori|Irin]] ([[Judaism|Jewish]]) - Fallen angels+
-* [[Ishigaq]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]]+
-* [[Island Satyr]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Savage human-goat hybrid from a remote island chain+
-* [[Isonade]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Shark-like sea monster+
-* [[Ittan-momen]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghostly aerial phenomenon that attacks people+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#I|Iwana-bōzu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Salvelinus|Char]] which appeared as a Buddhist monk+
- +
-== J ==+
-[[Image:Thor and Hymir.jpg|right|thumb|[[Thor]] goes fishing for [[Jörmungandr]] in this picture from an 18th century [[Iceland]]ic manuscript.]]+
- +
-* [[Jackalope]] ([[English folklore]]) - Horned rabbit+
-* [[Jack-In-Irons]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent giant+
-* [[Jaculus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Winged serpent or small dragon+
-* [[Jasconius]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Island-sized fish+
-* [[Jasy Jaterei]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Nature guardian and bogeyman+
-* [[Jatayu]] ([[Hindu mythology]]) - A demi-god who has the form of a vulture+
-* [[Drekavac#Similar creatures|Jaud]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Vampirised premature baby+
-* [[Jenglot]] ([[Javanese_people|Java]]) - Vampiric [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]+
-* [[Jengu]] ([[Sawa people|Sawa]]) - Water spirit+
-* [[Jentil]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Megalith-building giant+
-* [[Jenu]] ([[Mi'kmaq]]) - Anthropophagous giant+
-* [[Gulon|Jerff]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Swedish]]) - Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid+
-* [[Chinese mythology#Mythical creatures|Jian]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - One-eyed, one-winged bird who requires a mate for survival+
-* [[Jiang Shi]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Life-draining, reanimated corpse+
-* [[Jiaolong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Dragon+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#J|Jibakurei]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit that protects a specific place+
-* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Local and nature spirits|Jievaras]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - House spirit+
-* [[Jikininki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Corpse-eating ghost+
-* [[Nine-headed Bird|Jiu tou niao]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Nine-headed, demonic bird+
-* [[Jogah]] ([[Iroquois mythology|Iroquois]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] nature spirit+
-* [[Jörmungandr]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Sea serpent+
-* [[Jötunn]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Gigantic nature spirits+
-* [[Jumbee]] ([[Guyana|Guyanese]]) - Malevolent spirit+
- +
-== K ==+
-[[Image:Korrigan.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Depiction of a "[[Korrigan]]", small elf of the Celtic forests ]]+
- +
-* [[Kabouter]] ([[Mythology of the Low Countries|Dutch]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] that live underground, in mushrooms, or as house spirits+
-* [[Kachina]] ([[Hopi mythology|Hopi]] and [[Puebloan peoples|Puebloan]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kahaku]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and water spirits+
-* [[Ysätters-Kajsa|Kajsa]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Wind spirit+
-* [[Kalakeyas]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Descendents of Kala+
-* [[Kallikantzaroi]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Grotesque, malevolent spirit+
-* [[Kamaitachi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Wind spirit+
-* [[Kami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kamikiri]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Hair-cutting spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kanbari-nyūdō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Bathroom spirit+
-* [[Hiderigami|Kanbo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Drought spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kanedama]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Money spirit+
-* [[Kappa (folklore)|Kappa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and water spirits+
-* [[Kapre]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Malevolent tree spirit+
-* [[Karakoncolos]] ([[Culture of Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] and [[Turkish folklore|Turkish]]) - Troublesome spirit+
-* [[Karakura]] ([[Turkish folklore|Turkish]]) - Male night-demon+
-* [[Tengu#Great and small demons|Karasu-tengu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Tengu]] with a bird's bill+
-* [[Karkadann]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - One-horned giant animal+
-* [[Karkinos]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Giant crab+
-* [[Karura]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Eagle-human hybrid+
-* [[Karzełek]] ([[Polish mythology|Polish]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and mine spirits+
-* [[Kasha (folklore)|Kasha]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Cat-like demon which descends from the sky and carries away corpses+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kashanbo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Kappa (folklore)|Kappa]] who climb into the mountains for the winter+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Katawa-guruma]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Woman riding on a flaming wheel+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Katsura-otoko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Handsome man from the moon+
-* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Various lower beings|Kaukas]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Gazu Hyakki Yakō|Kawa-uso]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Supernatural river otter+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kawa-zaru]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Smelly, cowardly water spirit+
-* [[Keelut]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Hairless dog+
-* [[Kee-wakw]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Anthropophagous giant+
-* [[Kekkai]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Amorphous afterbirth spirit+
-* [[Kelpie]] ([[Irish folklore|Irish]] and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Malevolent water horse+
-* [[Keres (Greek mythology)|Ker]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Female death spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kesaran-pasaran]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mysterious, white, fluffy creature+
-* [[Griffin#Male griffin, alce or keythong|Keythong]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Wingless griffin+
-* [[Khalkotauroi]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Bronze-hoofed bulls+
-* [[Kigatilik]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Night-demon+
-* [[Ryukyuan religion#Magical creatures|Kijimunaa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Tree sprite from Okinawa+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kijo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - She-devil+
-* [[Kikimora]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Female house spirit+
-* [[Killmoulis]] ([[English folklore|English]] and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Ugly, mischievous mill spirit+
-* [[Kinnara]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Human-bird hybrid+
-* [[Kirin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Japanese Unicorn+
-* [[Kishi (Folklore)|Kishi]] ([[Angola]]) - Malevolent, two-faced seducer+
-* [[Kitsune]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Fox spirit+
-* [[Kitsune#Kitsunetsuki|Kitsune-Tsuki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Person possessed by a fox spirit+
-* [[Kiyohime]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Woman who transformed into a serpent-demon out of the rage of unrequited love+
-* [[Klabautermann]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Ship spirit+
-* [[Knocker (folklore)]] ([[Cornish folklore|Cornish]] and [[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and mine spirits+
-* [[Knucker]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Water dragon+
-* [[Kobalos]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Shape-shifting thieves and tricksters+
-* [[Kobold]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and mine or house spirits+
-* [[Kodama (spirit)|Kodama]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Tree spirit+
-* [[Kofewalt]] ([[Continental Germanic mythology|Germanic]]) - House spirit+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Ko-gok]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Hideous monster+
-* [[Ubume|Kokakuchō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ubume bird+
-* [[Shishi|Koma-inu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Protective animal+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Konaki-Jijii]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Infant that cries until it is picked up, then increases its weight and crushes its victim+
-* [[Kongamoto]] ([[Congo Basin|Congo]]) - Flying creature+
-* [[Tengu#Great and small demons|Konoha-tengu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Anthropomorphic bird+
-* [[Koro-pok-guru]] ([[Ainu people|Ainu]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]]+
-* [[Korrigan]] ([[Brittany|Breton]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and nature spirits+
-* [[Kraken]] ([[Scandinavian mythology|Scandinavian]]) - Sea monster+
-* [[Krasnoludek]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] nature spirits+
-* [[Krasue]] ([[Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian]]) - Vampiric, floating head+
-* [[Kuarahy Jára]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Forest spirit+
-* [[Kubikajiri]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Female corpse-chewing graveyard spirit+
-* [[Kuchisake-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Vengeful ghost of a woman mutilated by her husband+
-* [[Kuda-gitsune]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Miniature fox spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kudan]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Human-faced calf which predicts a calamity and then dies+
-* [[Chinese mythology#Mythical creatures|Kui]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - One-legged monster+
-* [[Kulshedra]] ([[Albanian mythology|Albanian]]) - Drought-causing dragon+
-* [[Kumakatok]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Death spirits+
-* [[Kumiho]] ([[Korean mythology|Korean]]) - Fox spirit+
-* [[Peng (mythology)|Kun]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Giant fish+
-* [[Kupua]] ([[Hawaiian mythology|Hawaiian]]) - Shapeshifting tricksters+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kurabokko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Guardian spirit of a warehouse+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kurage-no-hinotama]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Jellyfish which floats through the air as a fireball+
-* [[Kurma]] ([[Hindu mythology]]) - the second avatar of Vishnu in the form of a Turtle+
-* [[Kurupi]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Wild man and fertility spirit+
-* [[Kushtaka]] ([[Tlingit]]) - Shapeshifting otter spirit+
-* [[Korean dragon#Korean cockatrice|Kye-ryong]] ([[Korean mythology|Korean]]) - Chicken-lizard hybrid+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#K|Kyūbi-no-kitsune]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Nine-tailed fox+
-* [[Kyūketsuki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Vampire+
- +
-== L ==+
-[[Image:Rangda statue.jpg|thumb|right|A statue of [[Rangda]], the queen of the [[Leyak]].]]+
- +
-* [[Lilith#Lilitu demons|La-bar-tu]] ([[Assyrian mythology|Assyrian]]) - Disease demon+
-* [[Labbu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Sea snake+
-* [[La chusa]] ([[Spanish mythology|Spanish]]) - Death spirit+
-* [[Lady midday]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Sunstroke spirit+
-* [[Laelaps (mythology)|Laelaps]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Enchanted dog that always caught his prey+
-* [[Laestrygonians]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Anthropophagic giants+
-* [[Lakanica]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Field spirit+
-* [[Lake monster]] (Worldwide) - Gigantic animals reputed to inhabit various lakes around the world+
-* [[La Llorona]] ([[Latin America]]) - Death spirit associated with drowning+
-* [[Lambton Worm]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Giant worm+
-* [[Lamia (mythology)|Lamia]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Child-devouring monster+
-* [[Lammasu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]] and [[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or lion with a human head+
-* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|La Mojana]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Shapeshifting, female water spirit+
-* [[Lampades]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Underworld nymph+
-* [[Landvættir]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Nature spirits+
-* [[Lares]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - House spirit+
-* [[La Sayona]] ([[Venezuela]]) - Female ghost that punishes unfaithful husbands+
-* [[La Tunda]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Nature spirit that seduces and kills men+
-* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Local and nature spirits|Laukų dvasios]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Field spirit+
-* [[Lauma]] ([[Baltic mythology|Baltic]]) - Sky spirit+
-* [[Lavellan]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Gigantic water rat+
-* [[Leanan sidhe]] ([[Celtic mythology|Celtic]]) - Fairy lover+
-* [[Leanashe]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Possessing spirit or vampire+
-* [[Leimakids]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Meadow nymph+
-* [[Hippocamp|Leokampoi]] ([[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]]) - Fish-tailed lion+
-* [[Leontophone]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Tiny animal poisonous to lions+
-* [[Leprechaun]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]]) - Cobbler spirit+
-* [[Leszi]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Tree spirit+
-* [[Leuce (mythology)|Leuce]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - White poplar tree nymph+
-* [[Leucrota]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Hybrid of a lion and crocotta+
-* [[Leviathan]] ([[Jewish folklore|Jewish]]) - Sea monster+
-* [[Leyak]] ([[Balinese mythology|Balinese]]) - Anthropophagous flying head with entrails+
-* [[Libyan Aegipanes]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Human-horse hybrid+
-* [[Libyan Satyr]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Human-goat hybrid+
-* [[Lidérc]] ([[Hungary]]) - Magical chicken that transforms into a humanoid+
-* [[Lightning Bird]] ([[Southern Africa]]) - Magical bird that can be found at sites of lightning strikes+
-* [[Likho]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - One-eyed hag or goblin+
-* [[Lilin]] ([[Jewish folklore|Jewish]]) - Night-demoness+
-* [[Lilith#Lilitu demons|Lilitu]] ([[Assyrian mythology|Assyrian]]) - Winged demon+
-* [[Limnades]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Lake nymph+
-* [[Lindworm]] ([[Continental Germanic mythology|Germanic]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Reptilian Humanoid#Mythological references to reptilian humanoids|Lizardman]] (Global) - Human-lizard hybrid+
-* [[Ljósálfar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Sunlight spirit+
-* [[Water leaper|Llamhigyn Y Dwr]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Frog-bat-lizard hybrid+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Lo-lol]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Hideous monster+
-* [[Chinese dragon|Lóng]] - [[Chinese mythology|Chinese]] dragon+
-* [[Longana (legendary creature)|Longana]] ([[Culture of Italy|Italian]]) - Female human-goat hybrid and water spirit+
-* [[Chinese mythology#Mythical creatures|Long Ma]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Dragon-horse hybrid+
-* [[Loogaroo]] ([[French America]]) - Shapeshifting, female vampire+
-* [[Lou Carcolh]] ([[French mythology|French]]) - Snake-mollusk hybrid+
-* [[Lubber fiend]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - House spirit+
-* [[Luduan]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Truth-detecting animal+
-* [[Luison]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Death spirit+
-* [[Lutin]] ([[French mythology|French]]) - Amusing goblin+
-* [[Lynx (mythology)|Lynx]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Feline guide spirit+
- +
-== M ==+
-[[Image:Mami Wata poster.png|thumb|right|200px|Contemporary poster of a [[Mami Wata]], "serpent priestess" painted by Hamburg, German artist Schleisinger, ca. 1926, displayed in shrines as a popular image of Mami Wata in Africa and in the Diaspora. <ref>Jell-Bahlsen 1997, p. 105</ref><ref>Chesi 1997, p. 255)</ref>]]+
- +
-* [[Maa-alused]] ([[Estonian mythology]]) - Subterranean spirit+
-* [[Machlyes]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval bestiaries]]) - Hermaphroditic humanoid+
-* [[Macrocephali]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval bestiaries]]) - Giant-headed humanoid+
-* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|Madremonte]] ([[Colombian folklore]]) - Nature guardian+
-* [[Maero]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Savage, arboreal humanoids+
-* [[Gog and Magog#Gog and Magog in Britain|Magog]] ([[English folklore]]) - Giant protector of London+
-* [[Maha-pudma]] ([[Hindu mythology]]) - Giant elephant that holds up the world+
-* [[Mairu]] ([[Basque mythology]]) - Megalith-building giant+
-* [[Latvian mythology#Spirits and demons|Mājas gari]] ([[Latvian mythology]]) - Benevolent house spirit+
-* [[Majin]] ([[Japanese mythology]]) - Magical beings+
-* [[Makara]] ([[Indian mythology]]) - Aquatic beings +
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#M|Makura-gaeshi]] ([[Japanese mythology]]) - Pillow-moving spirit+
-* [[Mami Wata]] ([[Africa]] and the [[African diaspora]]) - Supernaturally beautiful water spirits+
-* [[Manananggal]] ([[Philippine mythology]]) - Vampires that sever their torsos from their legs to fly around+
-* [[Mandi (legendary creature)|Mandi]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval bestiaries]]) - Humanoid with a forty-year lifespan+
-* [[Mandragora (demon)|Mandrake]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Diminutive, animated construct+
-* [[Manes]] ([[Roman mythology]]) - Ancestral spirits+
-* [[Mannegishi]] ([[Cree]]) -[[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] with six fingers and no noses+
-* [[Manticore]] ([[Persian mythology]]) - Lion-human-scorpion hybrid+
-* [[Mapinguari]] ([[Brazilian mythology]]) - Giant sloth+
-* [[Mara (folklore)|Mara]] ([[Scandinavian folklore]]) - Female night-demon+
-* [[Marabbecca]] ([[Culture of Italy|Italian folklore]]) - Malevolent water spirit+
-* [[Mareikura]] ([[Tuamotu]]) - Attendant of [[Kiho-tumu]], the supreme god+
-* [[Mares of Diomedes]] ([[Greek mythology]]) - Man-eating horses+
-* [[Marid]] ([[Arabian mythology]]) - Water genie+
-* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Demonic beings|Maro deivės]] ([[Lithuanian mythology]]) - Disease spirits+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os]] ([[Abenaki mythology]]) - Shapeshifting toad spirit+
-* [[Matagot]] ([[French mythology]]) - Spirit that takes animal form, usually a black cat+
-* [[Matsya]] ([[Hindu mythology]]) - first [[Avatar]] of [[Vishnu]] in the form of a half-fish and half-man+
-* [[Mayura]] ([[Hindu mythology]]) - Peacock spirit+
-* [[Mazikeen]] ([[Jewish mythology]]) - Invisible, malevolent spirit+
-* [[Mbói Tu'ĩ]] ([[Guaraní mythology]]) - Snake-parrot hybrid+
-* [[Mbwiri]] ([[Central Africa]]) - Possessing demon+
-* [[Meliae]] ([[Greek mythology]]) - Ash tree nymph+
-* [[Melusine]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Female water spirit, with the form of a winged mermaid or serpent+
-* [[Menehune]] ([[Hawaiian mythology]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and craftsmen+
-* [[Menninkäinen]] ([[Finnish mythology]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and nature spirits+
-* [[Merlion]] ([[Singapore]]) - Combination of a lion and a fish, the symbol of [[History of Singapore|Singapore]]+
-* [[Mermaid]] (multiple cultures) - Human-fish hybrid+
-* [[Merrow]] ([[Irish mythology]] and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Human-fish hybrid+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the present age|Metee-kolen-ol]] ([[Abenaki mythology]]) - Ice-hearted wizards+
-* [[Mimi (folklore)|Mimi]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology]]) - Extremely elongated humanoid that has to live in rock crevasses to avoid blowing away+
-* [[Minka Bird]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology]]) - Death spirit+
-* [[Minotaur]] ([[Greek mythology]]) - Human-bull hybrid+
-* [[Underwater panther|Mishibizhiw]] ([[Ojibwa]]) - Feline water spirit+
-* [[Horned Serpent|Misi-ginebig]] ([[Ojibwa]]) - Serpentine rain spirit+
-* [[Horned Serpent|Misi-kinepikw]] ([[Cree]]) - Serpentine rain spirit+
-* [[Mizuchi]] ([[Japanese mythology]]) - Water dragon+
-* [[Mogwai (Chinese culture)|Mogwai]] ([[Chinese mythology]]) - Vengeful ghost or demon+
-* [[Mohan (legendary)|Mohan]] ([[Latin American folklore]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Mokoi]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology]]) - Malevolent spirit that kills sorcerers+
-* [[Moñái]] ([[Guaraní mythology]]) - Giant snake with antennae+
-* [[Monocerus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval bestiaries]]) - One-horned stag-horse-elephant-boar hybrid, sometimes treated as distinct from the [[unicorn]]+
-* [[Mono Grande]] ([[South America]]) - Giant monkey+
-* [[Monopod (creature)|Monopod]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval bestiaries]]) - Dwarf with one giant foot+
-* [[Mooinjer veggey]] ([[Manx people|Manx folklore]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Mora (mythology)|Mora]] ([[Slavic mythology]]) - Disembodied spirit+
-* [[Morgens]] ([[Brittany|Breton]] and [[Welsh mythology]]) - Water spirits+
-* [[Mormolykeia]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Underworld spirit+
-* [[Moroi]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Vampiric ghost+
-* [[Moss people]] ([[Continental Germanic mythology]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and tree spirits+
-* [[Mujina]] ([[Japanese mythology]]) - Shapeshifting badger spirit+
-* [[Muldjewangk]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology]]) - Water monster+
-* [[Muma Pădurii]] ([[Romanian folklore]]) - Forest-dwelling hag+
-* [[Muscaliet]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval bestiaries]]) - Extremely hot hare-squirrel-boar hybrid+
-* [[Muse]] ([[Greek mythology]]) - Spirits that inspire artists+
-* [[Musimon]] ([[Heraldry|Heraldic]]) - Sheep-goat hybrid+
-* [[Myling]] ([[Scandinavian folklore]]) - Ghosts of unbaptized children+
-* [[Myrmecoleon]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval bestiaries]]) - Ant-lion hybrid+
- +
-== N ==+
-[[Image:Naga182.JPG|thumb|A [[Hoysala]] sculpture of a [[Nāga]] couple. [[Halebidu]].]]+
- +
-* [[Nachzehrer]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Anthropophagous undead+
-* [[Nāga]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]] and [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Nature and water spirits, serpentine or human-serpent hybrids+
-* [[Naga fireballs]] ([[Thai people|Thai]]) - Spectral fire+
-* [[Nagual]] ([[Mesoamerica]]) - Human-animal shapeshifter+
-* [[Naiad]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Freshwater nymph+
-* [[Näkki]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Water spirit+
-* [[Namahage]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ritual disciplinary demon from the [[Oga Peninsula]]+
-* [[Namazu (Japanese mythology)|Namazu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Giant catfish whose thrashing causing earthquakes+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nando-baba]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Old woman who hides under the floor in abandoned storerooms+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Nanom-keea-po-da]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Earthquake spirit+
-* [[Napaeae]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Grotto nymph+
-* [[Narasimha]] ([[Hindu mythology]]) - [[Avatar]] of [[Vishnu]] in the form of half-man/half-lion+
-* [[Narecnitsi]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Fate spirit+
-* [[Naree Pons]] ([[Thai people|Thai]]) - Pod people+
-* [[Nargun]] ([[Gunai]]) - Water monster+
-* [[Nasnas]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Half-human, half-demon creature with half a body+
-* [[Nav']] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Ghost+
-* [[Nawao]] ([[Hawaiian mythology|Hawaiian]]) - Savage humanoid+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|N-dam-keno-wet]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Fish-human hybrid+
-* [[Negret]] ([[Catalan myths and legends|Catalan]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] that turn into coins+
-* [[Bakeneko|Nekomata]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Split-tailed magical cat+
-* [[Nekomusume]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Cat in the form of a girl+
-* [[Nemean Lion]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Lion with impenetrable skin+
-* [[Nephilim]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Giant+
-* [[Nereid]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Nymph daughters of [[Nereus]]+
-* [[Ngen]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Nguruvilu]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Fox-like water snake+
-* [[Nian]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Predatory animal+
-* [[Nightmarchers]] ([[Hawaiian mythology|Hawaiian]]) - Warrior ghosts+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nikusui]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Monster which appears as a young woman and sucks all of the flesh off of its victim's body+
-* [[Nimerigar]] ([[Shoshone]]) - Aggressive [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]+
-* [[Ningyo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Monkey-fish hybrid+
-* [[Ninki Nanka]] ([[Western Africa]]) - Large reptile, possibly a dragon+
-* [[Tomte|Nisse]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - House spirit+
-* [[Níðhöggr]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Nivatakavachas]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Ocean demon+
-* [[Nix]] ([[Continental Germanic mythology|Germanic]]) - Female water spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nobusuma]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Supernatural wall. Also a monstrous flying squirrel+
-* [[Nocnitsa]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Nightmare spirit+
-* [[Noppera-bō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Faceless ghost+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nozuchi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Small sea serpent+
-* [[Nuckelavee]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Malevolent human-horse-fish hybrid+
-* [[Nue]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Monkey-[[raccoon dog]]-tiger-snake hybrid+
-* [[Chinese ghosts|Nu Gui]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Vengeful female ghost+
-* [[Nukekubi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Disembodied, flying head that attacks people+
-* [[Nuku-mai-tore]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Forest spirit+
-* [[Nuli]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Humanoid with backwards, eight-toed feet+
-* [[Numen]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - Tutelary spirit+
-* [[Nuno]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Malevolent [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nurarihyon]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Head-sized ball-like creature that floats in the sea and teases sailors+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#N|Nure-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Female monster]] who appears on the beach+
-* [[Nurikabe (folklore)|Nurikabe]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit that manifests as an impassable, invisible wall+
-* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Various lower beings|Nykštukas]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Cavern spirit+
-* [[Nymph]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Nature spirit+
- +
-== O ==+
-[[Image:ouroboros.png|thumb|right|250px|'''1478''' drawing by [[Theodoros Pelecanos]] of an [[Ouroboros]], in [[alchemical]] tract titled ''[[Synosius]]''.]]+
- +
-* [[Obake]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Shapeshifting spirits+
-* [[Obambo]] ([[Central Africa]]n) - Homeless ghost+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Obariyon]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spook which rides [[piggyback]] on a human victim and becomes unbearably heavy+
-* [[Obayifo]] ([[Ashanti mythology|Ashanti]]) - Vampiric possession spirit+
-* [[Obia (folklore)|Obia]] ([[West Africa]]) - Gigantic animal that serves witches+
-* [[Oceanid]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Nymph daughters of [[Oceanus]]+
-* [[Odei]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - Storm spirit+
-* [[Odmience]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Changeling+
-* [[Og]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Giant king of the Amorites+
-* [[Ogre]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Large, grotesque humanoid+
-* [[Yotsuya Kaidan|Oiwa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost of a woman with a distorted face who was murdered by her husband+
-* [[Banchō Sarayashiki|Okiku]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Plate-counting ghost of a servant girl+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Okuri-inu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Dog or wolf that follows travelers at night. Similar to the [[Black dog (ghost)|Black dog]] of English folklore+
-* [[Jumbee#Ole-Higue|Ole-Higue]] ([[Guyana|Guyanese]]) - Vampiric hag who takes the form of a fireball at night+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Ōmukade]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Giant, human-eating centipede that lives in the mountains+
-* [[Oni (folklore)|Oni]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Large, grotesque humanoid+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Onibi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spectral fire+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#O|Onmoraki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Bird-demon created from the spirits of freshly-dead corpses+
-* [[Onocentaur]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Human-donkey hybrid+
-* [[Onoskelis]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Shapeshifting demon+
-* [[Onryō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Vengeful ghost that manifests in physical (rather than spectral) form+
-* [[Onza]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]] and [[Latin American folklore]]) - Wild cat, possibly a subspecies of [[cougar]]+
-* [[Oozlum bird]] (Unknown origin) - Bird that flies backwards+
-* [[Ophiotaurus]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Bull-serpent hybrid+
-* [[Griffin#Opinicus|Opinicus]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Lion-eagle hybrid, similar to a griffin, but with leonine forelimbs+
-* [[Orang Bunian]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Forest spirit+
-* [[Orang Minyak]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Spectral rapist+
-* [[Ördög]] ([[Hungarian mythology|Hungarian]]) - Shapeshifting demon+
-* [[Oread]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Mountain nymph+
-* [[Ork (folklore)|Ork]] ([[German Tyrol | Tyrol]]ean) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and house spirits+
-* [[Orobas]] (European) - [[Horse]]-headed, honest oracle classed as a [[demon]]+
-* [[Orphan Bird]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Peacock-eagle-swan-crane hybrid+
-* [[Orthrus]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Two-headed dog+
-* [[Otso]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Bear spirit+
-* [[Ouroboros]] (Worldwide) - Mystic serpent/dragon that eats its own tail+
-* [[Ovinnik]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Malevolent threshing house spirit+
- +
-== P ==+
-[[Image:Piasa Bird May06.jpg|thumb|300px|A modern painting of the "[[Piasa Bird]]", on the bluffs of the Mississippi River in Alton. Wings were not present in the original painting.]]+
- +
-* [[Paasselkä devils]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Spectral fire+
-* [[Pamola]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Weather spirit+
-* [[Pan (mythology)|Panes]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-goat hybrids descended from the god Pan+
-* [[Pandi (legendary creature)|Pandi]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Humanoid with giant ears, eight fingers and toes, and white hair+
-* [[Panis]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Demons with herds of stolen cows+
-* [[Panlong (mythology)|Panlong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Water dragon+
-* [[Panotti]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Humanoid with gigantic ears+
-* [[Panther (legendary creature)|Panther]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Feline with sweet breath+
-* [[Parandrus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Shapeshifting animal whose natural form was a large [[ruminant]]+
-* [[Pard (legendary creature)|Pard]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Fast, spotted feline believed to mate with [[lions]] to produce [[leopards]]+
-* [[Hippocamp|Pardalokampoi]] ([[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]]) - Fish-tailed panther+
-* [[Patagon]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Giant race reputed to live in the area of [[Patagonia]]+
-* [[Patasola]] ([[Latin American folklore|Latin America]]) - Anthropophagous, one-legged humanoid+
-* [[Patupairehe]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - White-skinned nature spirits+
-* [[Pech (mythology)|Pech]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Strong [[Little people (mythology)|little people]]+
-* [[Pegaeae]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Spring nymph+
-* [[Pelesit]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Servant spirit+
-* [[Peluda]] ([[Mythology in France|French]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Penanggalan]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Vampires that sever their heads from their bodies to fly around, usually with their intestines or other internal organs trailing behind+
-* [[Peng (mythology)|Peng]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Giant bird+
-* [[Penghou]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Tree spirit+
-* [[Peri]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Winged humanoid+
-* [[Peryton]] (Allegedly [[Medieval folklore]]) - Deer-bird hybrid+
-* [[Pesanta]] ([[Catalan myths and legends|Catalan]]) - Nightmare demon in the form of a cat or dog+
-* [[Peuchen]] ([[Chilota mythology|Chilota]] and [[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Vampiric, flying, shapeshifting serpent+
-* [[Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix]] ([[Phoenicia]]n) - Regenerative bird+
-* [[Piasa]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Winged, antlered feline+
-* [[Piatek]] ([[Armenian mythology|Armenian]]) - Large land animal+
-* [[Pictish Beast]] ([[Pictish stones]]) - Stylistic animal, possibly a dragon+
-* [[Pillan]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Pim-skwa-wagen-owad]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Water spirit+
-* [[Piru (spirit)|Piru]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Minor demon+
-* [[Pishacha]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Carrion-eating demon+
-* [[Horned Serpent|Pita-skog]] ([[Abenaki]]) - Serpentine rain spirit+
-* [[Pixie]] ([[Cornish folklore|Cornish]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and nature spirits+
-* [[Pixiu]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Winged lion+
-* [[Pi yao]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Horned, dragon-lion hybrid+
-* [[Drekavac#Similar creatures|Plakavac]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Vampire created when a mother strangles her child+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Pok-wejee-men]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Tree spirit+
-* [[Polevik]] ([[Polish mythology|Polish]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and field spirits+
-* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|Pollo Maligno]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Man-eating chicken spirit+
-* [[Polong]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Invisible servant spirit+
-* [[Poltergeist]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Ghost that moves objects+
-* [[Pombero]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Wild man and nature spirit+
-* [[Ponaturi]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Grotesque, malevolent humanoid+
-* [[Pontianak (folklore)|Pontianak]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Undead, vampiric women who died in childbirth+
-* [[Poukai]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Giant bird+
-* [[Preta]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]], [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]], and [[Jainist]]) - Ghosts of especially greedy people+
-* [[Pricolici]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Undead wolf+
-* [[Psoglav]] ([[Serbian mythology|Serbia]]) - Dog-headed monster+
-* [[Psotnik]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Mischievous spirit+
-* [[Psychai]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Butterfly-winged nymphs, daughters of [[Cupid and Psyche|Psyche]]+
-* [[Pegasus|Pterippus]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Winged horse+
-* [[Púca]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Shapeshifting animal spirit+
-* [[Puck (mythology)|Púki]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Icelandic]]) - malevolent [[little person]]+
-* [[Puck (mythology)|Puck]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - House spirit+
-* [[Puck (mythology)|Putz]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - house spirit+
-* [[Pugot]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Headless humanoid+
-* [[Puck (mythology)|Puk]] (Frisian) - house spirit +
-* [[Latvian mythology#Spirits and demons|Pūķis]] ([[Latvian mythology|Latvian]]) - Malevolent house spirit+
-* [[Puckwudgie]] ([[Native American Mythology|Native American]]) - Troll-like being with gray skin.+
-* [[Pygmy (Greek mythology)|Pygmy]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]]+
-* [[Pyrausta]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Insect-dragon hybrid+
-* [[Python (mythology)|Python]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Serpentine dragon+
- +
-== Q ==+
-[[Image:QingQilin.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A [[qilin]] of the [[Qing dynasty]] in Beijing's [[Summer Palace]]]]+
- +
-* [[Qareen]] ([[Islamic mythology|Islamic]]) - Personal demon+
-* [[Qilin]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Dragon-ox-deer hybrid+
-* [[Qiqirn]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Large, bald dog spirit+
-* [[Qliphoth]] ([[Judaism|Jewish]]) - Evil spirits+
-* [[Questing Beast]] ([[Arthurian legend]]) - Serpent-leopard-lion-hart hybrid+
-* [[Quinotaur]] ([[Frankish mythology|Frankish]]) - Five-horned bull+
- +
-== R ==+
-[[Image:RainbowSerpent.jpg|thumb|300px|Australian Aboriginal rock painting of the "[[Rainbow Serpent]]".]]+
- +
-* [[Rå]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Spirit that protects a specific place+
-* [[Rabisu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Vampiric spirit that ambushes people+
-* [[Radande]] (Unknown) - Tree spirit+
-* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Demonic beings|Ragana]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Malevolent wizard+
-* [[Raijū]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Lightning spirit+
-* [[Rain Bird (legend)|Rain Bird]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Rain spirit+
-* [[Rainbow crow]] ([[Lenape mythology|Lenape]]) - Crow spirit+
-* [[The rainbow fish|Rainbow Fish]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Whale-sized, multi-colored fish+
-* [[Rainbow Serpent]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Rakshasa]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]] and [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Shapeshifting demons+
-* [[Ramidreju]] ([[Spanish mythology|Spanish]]) - Extremely long, weasel-like animal+
-* [[Raróg]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Whirlwind spirit+
-* [[Raven Mocker]] ([[Cherokee mythology|Cherokee]]) - Life-draining spirit+
-* [[Raven Spirit]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]], [[Norse mythology|Norse]], and [[Shamanism in Siberia|Siberian]]) - Trickster spirit+
-* [[Redcap]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Malevolent, grotesque humanoid+
-* [[Re’em]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Gigantic land animal+
-* [[Reichsadler]] ([[Heraldry|Heraldic]]) - Eagle, sometimes depicted with two heads+
-* [[Rephaite]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Giant+
-* [[Revenant (folklore)|Revenant]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Reanimated dead+
-* [[Roc (mythology)|Roc]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]] and [[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Gigantic bird+
-* [[Rokurokubi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Long-necked, humanoid tricksters+
-* [[Rompo]] ([[Africa]] and [[Indian mythology|India]]) - Skeletal creature with elements of a rabbit, badger, and bear+
-* [[Vietnamese dragon|Rồng]] - ([[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]]) Dragon+
-* [[Rougarou]] ([[French America]]) - Human-wolf shapeshifter+
-* [[Rusalka]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Female water spirit+
-* [[Japanese dragon|Ryū]] - [[Japanese mythology|Japanese]] dragon+
- +
-== S ==+
-[[Image:Saci perere.jpg|thumb|[[Saci (Brazilian folklore)|Saci]] Pererê]]+
- +
-* [[Saci (Brazilian folklore)|Saci]] ([[Brazilian mythology|Brazilian]]) - One-legged nature-spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sagari]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Horse's head that dangles from trees on [[Kyūshū]]+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sakabashira]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Haunted pillar, installed upside-down+
-* [[Salamander (legendary creature)|Salamander]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Fire [[elemental]]+
-* [[Samebito]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Shark]]-man servant of the dragon king of the sea.+
-* [[Samodiva]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Sandwalker]] ([[Arabian mythology|Arabian]]) - Camel-stealing, giant arthropod+
-* [[Sânziană]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Sarimanok]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Bird of good fortune+
-* [[Jarita|Sarngika]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Bird spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sarugami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Wicked monkey spirit which was defeated by a dog+
-* [[Satori (folklore)|Satori]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mind-reading humanoid+
-* [[Satyr]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-goat hybrid and fertility spirit+
-* [[Satyrus (ape)|Satyrus]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiary]]) - Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates+
-* [[Sceadugenga]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Shapeshifting undead+
-* [[Scitalis]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Snake which mesmerizes its prey+
-* [[Scorpion Man]] ([[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Human-scorpion hybrid+
-* [[Scylla]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-snake-wolf hybrid with a snake's tail, twelve wolf legs, and six long-necked wolf heads+
-* [[Sea-bee]] ([[Heraldry|Heraldic]]) - Fish-tailed bee+
-* [[Sea monk]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Fish-like humanoid+
-* [[Sea monster]] (Worldwide) - Giant, marine animals+
-* [[Sea serpent]] (Worldwide) - Serpentine sea monster+
-* [[Wyvern|Sea-Wyvern]] ([[Heraldry|Heraldic]]) - Fish-tailed wyvern+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Seko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Water spirit which can be heard making merry at night+
-* [[Selkie]] ([[Faroe islands|Faroese]], [[Icelandic folklore|Icelandic]], [[Irish mythology|Irish]], and [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Human-seal shapeshifter+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Senpoku-Kanpoku]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Human-faced frog which guides the souls of the newly deceased to the graveyard+
-* [[Seps (legendary creature)|Seps]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Snake with highly corrosive venom+
-* [[Serpent (symbolism)|Serpent]] (Worldwide) - Snake spirit+
-* [[Serpopard]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Ancient Egypt]]) - Serpent-leopard hybrid+
-* [[Shachihoko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Tiger-carp hybrid+
-* [[Shade (mythology)|Shade]] (Worldwide) - Spiritual imprint+
-* [[Shahbaz]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Giant eagle or hawk+
-* [[Chinese mythology#Mythical creatures|Shang-Yang]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Rain bird+
-* [[Shedim]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Chicken-legged demon+
-* [[Shedu]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]] and [[Sumerian mythology|Sumerian]]) - Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or lion with a human head+
-* [[Shellycoat]] ([[English folklore|English]], [[Scottish folklore|Scottish]] and [[German folklore|German]], as ''schellenrocc'') - Water spirit+
-* [[Shen (clam-monster)|Shen]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Shapeshifing sea monster+
-* [[Shenlong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Weather dragon+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shibaten]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Water spirit from [[Shikoku]]+
-* [[Shikigami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Child-sized servant spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shiki-ōji]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Child-sized servant spirit+
-* [[Shikome]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Underworld hag+
-* [[Shen (clam-monster)|Shin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Giant clam which creates mirages+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shiro-bōzu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - White, faceless spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shiryō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit of a dead person+
-* [[Shisa]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Lion-dog hybrid+
-* [[Shishi]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Protective animal+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shōjō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Red-haired sea-sprites who love alcohol+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shōkera]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Creature that peers in through skylights+
-* [[Shtriga]] ([[Albanian language|Albanian]]) - An evil or dangerous witch+
-* [[Chinese ghosts|Shui Gui]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Drowned ghost+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Shunoban]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Red-faced ghoul+
-* [[Shuten-dōji]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Oni+
-* [[Aos Sí|Sídhe]] - ([[Irish mythology|Irish]] and [[Scottish mythology|Scottish]]) - Ancestral or nature spirit+
-* [[Sigbin]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Goat-like vampire+
-* [[Silenus|Silenoi]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Bald, fat, thick-lipped, and flat-nosed followers of [[Dionysus]]+
-* [[Simargl]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Winged dog+
-* [[Simurgh]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Dog-lion-peacock hybrid+
-* [[Singa (mythology)|Singa]] ([[Batak (Indonesia)|Batak]]) - Feline animal+
-* [[Horned Serpent|Sint Holo]] ([[Choctaw mythology|Choctaw]]) - Serpentine rain spirit+
-* [[Siren]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-headed bird+
-* [[Sirin]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Demonic human-headed bird+
-* [[Sirrush]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Dragon with aquiline hind legs and feline forelegs+
-* [[Sisiutl]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Two-headed sea serpent+
-* [[Si-Te-Cah]] ([[Paiute]]) - Red-haired giants+
-* [[Rå|Sjörå]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Freshwater spirit+
-* [[Vættir|Sjövættir]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Sea spirit+
-* [[Skin-walker]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]] and [[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Animal-human shapeshifter+
-* [[Huldra|Skogsrå]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Forest spirit+
-* [[Skookum]] ([[Chinook Jargon]]) - Hairy giant+
-* [[Skrzak]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Flying imp+
-* [[Slavic fairies#Sky Women|Sky Women]] ([[Polish mythology|Polish]]) - Weather spirit+
-* [[Sluagh]] ([[Irish mythology|Irish]] and [[Scottish mythology|Scottish]]) - Restless ghost+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sodehiki-kozō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Invisible spirit which pulls on sleeves+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sōgenbi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Fiery ghost of an oil-stealing monk+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Soragami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ritual disciplinary demon+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Soraki-gaeshi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Sound of trees being cut down, when later none seem to have been cut+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sorobanbōzu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost with an [[abacus]]+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sōtangitsune]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Fox spirit from Kyoto+
-* [[Soucouyant]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago]]) - Vampiric hag who takes the form of a fireball at night+
-* [[Spearfinger]] ([[Cherokee mythology|Cherokee]]) - Sharp-fingered hag+
-* [[Spectre]] (Worldwide) - Terrifying ghost+
-* [[Sphinx]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Winged lion with a woman's head+
-* [[Spiriduş]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]]+
-* [[Spriggan]] ([[Cornish folklore|Cornish]]) - Guardians of graveyards and ruins+
-* [[Sprite (creature)|Sprite]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|little people]], [[ghosts]] or [[elves]]+
-* [[Strigoi]] ([[Romanian mythology|Romanian]]) - Vampire+
-* [[Strix (mythology)|Strix]] ([[Roman mythology|Roman]]) - Vampiric bird+
-* [[Struthopodes]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Humanoid whose males have enormous feet, and females have tiny feet+
-* [[Strzyga]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Vampiric undead+
-* [[Stuhać]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Malevolent mountain spirit+
-* [[Stymphalian birds|Stymphalian Bird]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Metallic bird+
-* [[Suangi]] ([[New Guinea]]) - Anthropophagous sorcerer+
-* [[Succubus]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Female night-demon+
-* [[Sudice (mythology)|Sudice]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Fortune spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sunakake-baba]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Sand-throwing hag+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#S|Sunekosuri]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Small dog- or cat-like creature that rubs against a person's legs at night+
-* [[Surma (Finnish mythology)|Surma]] ([[Finnish mythology|Finnish]]) - Hellhound+
-* [[Svartálfar]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - "swart-elves", Cavern spirit+
-* [[The Swallower]] ([[Egyptian mythology|Ancient Egyptian]]) - Crocodile-leopard-hippopotamus hybrid+
-* [[Swan maiden]] (Worldwide) - Swan-human shapeshifter+
-* [[Sylph]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Air [[elemental]]+
-* [[Sylvan]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Forest spirit+
-* [[Syrbotae]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - African giant+
-* [[Syrictæ]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Reptilian humanoid+
- +
-== T ==+
-[[Image:Tikbalang The Philippine Demon Horse Commons.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Tikbalang]]]]+
- +
-* [[Tachash]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Large land animal+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Taimatsumaru]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - [[Tengu]] surrounded in demon fire+
-* [[Takam]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Taka-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Female spirit which can stretch itself to peer into the second story of a building+
-* [[Talos]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Winged giant made of bronze+
-* [[Tangie]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Shapeshifting water spirit+
-* [[Taniwha]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Water spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Tantankororin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Unharvested [[persimmon]] which becomes a monster+
-* [[Tanuki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Shapeshifting Raccoon dog+
-* [[Taotao Mona]] ([[Mariana Islands]]) - Ancestral spirits+
-* [[Taotie]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Greed spirit+
-* [[Tapairu]] ([[Mangaia]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Tarasque]] ([[Mythology in France|French]]) - Dragon with leonine, turtle, bear, and human attributes+
-* [[Tartalo]] ([[Basque mythology|Basque]]) - One-eyed giant+
-* [[Tartaruchi]] ([[Christianity|Christian]]) - Demonic punisher+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Tatami-tataki]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Poltergeist that hits the [[tatami]] mats at night+
-* [[Japanese dragon|Tatsu]] - [[Japanese mythology|Japanese]] dragon+
-* [[Hippocamp|Taurokampoi]] ([[Etruscan mythology|Etruscan]]) - Fish-tailed bull+
-* [[Tavara]] ([[Turkish mythology|Trabzon]]) - Night-demon+
-* [[Teju Jagua]] ([[Guaraní mythology|Guaraní]]) - Lizard with seven dog heads+
-* [[Tengu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Anthropomorphic bird+
-* [[Tennin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Angelic humanoid+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Te-no-me]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost of a blind man, with his eyes on his hands+
-* [[Terrible Monster]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Lion-eagle-scorpion hybrid made from the blood of murder victims+
-* [[Teumessian fox|Teumessian Fox]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Gigantic fox+
-* [[Theriocephaly|Theriocephalus]] ([[Medieval folklore]]) - Animal-headed humanoid+
-* [[Three-legged bird]] ([[Asia]] and [[Africa]]) - Solar bird+
-* [[Thunderbird (mythology)|Thunderbird]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Avian lightning spirit, bird+
-* [[Tiangou]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Meteoric dog+
-* [[Tianlong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Celestial dragon+
-* [[Tibicena]] ([[Guanches|Canarian]]) - Evil Dog+
-* [[Tiddy Mun]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Bog spirit+
-* [[Tikbalang]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Anthropomorphic horse+
-* [[Tikoloshe]] ([[Zulu mythology|Zulu]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and water spirit+
-* [[Timingila]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Sea monster+
-* [[Tipua]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Spirit that protects a specific place+
-* [[Tiyanak]] ([[Philippine mythology|Philippine]]) - Malevolent spirit in the form of a human infant+
-* [[Tizheruk]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Sea serpent+
-* [[Tlahuelpuchi]] ([[Tlaxcaltec|Tlaxcalan]]) - Shapeshifting vampire+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Tōfu-kozō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit child carrying a block of [[tofu]]+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Toire-no-Hanakosan]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost who lurks in grade school restroom stalls+
-* [[Tomte]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - House spirit+
-* [[Topielec]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Water spirit+
-* [[Taotie|Tōtetsu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Greed spirit+
-* [[Toyol]] ([[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]) - Servant spirit+
-* [[Trauco]] ([[Chilota mythology|Chilota]]) - Fertility spirit+
-* [[Trenti]] ([[Cantabrian mythology|Cantabrian]]) - Diminutive demon+
-* [[Tripurasura]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Demonic inhabitants of [[Tripura]]+
-* [[Tritons]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Human-fish hybrid+
-* [[Troll]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Trow (folklore)|Trow]] ([[Orkney islands|Orkney]] and [[Shetland islands|Shetland]]) - [[Little people (mythology)|Little people]] and nature spirits+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Tsi-noo]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Vampiric demon+
-* [[Tsuchigumo]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Shapeshifting, giant spider+
-* [[Tsuchinoko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Plump snake-like creature+
-* [[Tsukumogami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Inanimate object that becomes animated after existing for 100&nbsp;years+
-* [[Tsul 'Kalu]] ([[Cherokee mythology|Cherokee]]) - Giant nature spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#T|Tsurara-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Icicle woman+
-* [[Tsurube-otoshi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Monster which drops or lowers a bucket from the top of a tree to catch people+
-* [[Tugarin Zmeyevich]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Evil shapeshifter+
-* [[Tylwyth Teg]] ([[Welsh mythology|Welsh]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Tupilaq]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Animated construct+
-* [[Turehu]] ([[Māori mythology|Māori]]) - Pale spirit+
-* [[Turul]] ([[Hungarian mythology|Hungarian]]) - Giant bird+
-* [[Typhon]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Winged, snake-legged giant+
-* [[Tzitzimitl]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - Skeletal star spirit+
- +
-== U ==+
-[[Image:Urmahlullu.jpg|right|thumb|''[[Centauroid creature|Urmahlullu]]'' relief from a bathroom in the palace of [[Assurbanipal]] in [[Ninevah]]]]+
- +
-* [[Ubume]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghosts of women who died in childbirth+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#U|Uma-no-ashi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Horse's leg which dangles from a tree and kicks passersby+
-* [[Umibōzu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost of drowned priest+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#U|Umi-nyōbō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Female sea monster who steals fish+
-* [[Undead]] (Worldwide) - Dead that behave as if alive+
-* [[Underwater panther]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Feline water spirit+
-* [[Ondine (mythology)|Undine]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Water [[elemental]]+
-* [[Unhcegila]] ([[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Unicorn]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - One-horned goat-lion-stag-horse hybrid+
-* [[Horned Serpent|Unktehi]] ([[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]) - Serpentine rain spirit+
-* [[Unktehila]] ([[Lakota mythology|Lakota]]) - Reptilian water monster+
-* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Local and nature spirits|Upinis]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - River spirit+
-* [[Urayuli]] ([[Native American mythology|Native American]]) - Hairy giant+
-* [[Uriaş]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Giant+
-* [[Centauroid creature|Urmahlullu]] ([[Mesopotamian mythology|Mesopotamian]]) - Lion-human hybrid guardian spirit+
-* [[Ushi-oni]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Bull-headed monster+
-* [[Utukku]] ([[Akkadian mythology|Akkadian]]) - Underworld messenger spirit+
-* [[Uwan]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit that shouts to surprise people+
- +
-== V ==+
-[[Image:YaxchilanDivineSerpent.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A [[Vision Serpent]], detail of Lintel 15 at the Classic Maya site of [[Yaxchilan]]]]+
- +
-* [[Latvian mythology#Spirits and demons|Vadātājs]] ([[Latvian mythology|Latvian]]) - Spirit that misleads people+
-* [[Vættir]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Valkyrie]] ([[Norse mythology|Norse]]) - Female spirit that leads souls of dead warriors to Valhalla+
-* [[Vâlvă]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Female nature spirit+
-* [[Vampire]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Reanimated corpse that subsists on blood+
-* [[Vanara]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Human-ape hybrid+
-* [[Vântoase]] ([[Romanian mythology|Romanian]]) - Female weather spirit+
-* [[Varaha]] ([[Hindu mythology]]) - third [[Avatar]] of [[Vishnu]] in the form of a [[boar]]+
-* [[Vârcolac]] ([[Romanian mythology|Romanian]]) - Vampire or werewolf+
-* [[Vardøger]] ([[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]]) - Ghostly double+
-* [[Latvian mythology#Spirits and demons|Veļi]] ([[Latvian mythology|Latvian]]) - Ghost, shade, formed after a death of a human+
-* [[Chuvash dragon|Věri Şělen]] - [[Chuvash people|Chuvash]] dragon+
-* [[Vetala]] ([[Hindu mythology|Hindu]]) - Corpses possessed by vampiric spirits+
-* [[European dragon#Catalan mythology|Víbria]] ([[Catalan myths and legends|Catalan]]) - Dragon with breasts and an eagle's beak+
-* [[Gulon|Vielfras]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid+
-* [[Slavic fairies#Vila|Vila]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Weather spirit+
-* [[Latvian mythology#Spirits and demons|Vilkacis]] ([[Latvian mythology|Latvian]]) - Animalistic, werewolf-like monster+
-* [[Colombian folklore#Legendary creatures|Viruñas]] ([[Colombian folklore|Colombian]]) - Handsome demon+
-* [[Vision Serpent]] ([[Mayan mythology|Mayan]]) - Mystical dragon+
-* [[Vodyanoy]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Male water spirit+
-* [[Vrykolakas]] ([[Greek mythology|Greek]]) - Undead wolf-human hybrid+
- +
-== W ==+
-[[Image:GermanWoodcut1722.jpg|300px||thumb|right|A German woodcut of a [[Werewolf]] from 1722]]+
- +
-* [[Waldgeist]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Forest spirit+
-* [[Wampus cat]] ([[Cherokee mythology|Cherokee]]) - Human-cougar hybrid+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Wana-games-ak]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Water spirits+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#W|Wani]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]])- A [[crocodilian]] water monster+
-* [[Warak ngendog]] ([[Islam in Indonesia|Indonesian Muslim]]) - Egg-laying bird+
-* [[Warg]] ([[English folklore|English]] and [[Scandinavian folklore|Scandinavian]] O.N. ''vargr'') - Giant, demonic wolf+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Wassan-mon-ganeehla-ak]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - [[Aurora (astronomy)|Aurora]] spirits+
-* [[Water monkey]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Water spirit+
-* [[Water sprite]] ([[Alchemy]]) - Water [[elemental]]+
-* [[Wati-kutjara]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australia Aboriginal]]) - Iguana spirit+
-* [[Abenaki mythology#Beings of the Present Age|Wa-won-dee-a-megw]] ([[Abenaki mythology|Abenaki]]) - Shapeshifting snail spirit+
-* [[Weisse Frauen]] ([[German folklore|German]]) - Female spirit+
-* [[Wekufe]] ([[Mapuche mythology|Mapuche]]) - Demon+
-* [[Wendigo]] ([[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]]) - Anthropophagous spirit+
-* [[Wentshukumishiteu]] ([[Inuit mythology|Inuit]]) - Water spirit+
-* [[Werecat]] (Worldwide) - Feline-human shapeshifter+
-* [[Werewolf]] (Worldwide) - Wolf-human shapeshifter+
-* [[White Lady (ghost)|White Lady]] (Worldwide) - Ghost of a murdered or mistreated woman+
-* [[Wild man]] (European) – Hairy, bipedal man-like creature+
-* [[Will-o'-the-Wisp]] (Worldwide) - Spectral fire+
-* [[Wirry-cow]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Malevolent spirit+
-* [[Witte Wieven]] ([[Mythology of the Low Countries|Dutch]]) - Female, ancestral spirit+
-* [[Wondjina]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australia Aboriginal]]) - Weather spirit+
-* [[Wraith]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Water spirit or ghostly apparition+
-* [[Wulver]] ([[Scottish folklore|Scottish]]) - Wolf-headed human+
-* [[Chinese ghosts|Wu Tou Gui]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Beheaded ghost+
-* [[European dragon#Dragons in English mythology|Wyrm]] - [[English folklore|English]] dragon+
-* [[Wyvern]] ([[Germanic]] [[Heraldic]]) - Flying reptile, usually with two legs and two wings+
- +
-== X ==+
-* [[Xana]] ([[Asturias|Asturian]]) - Female water spirit+
-* [[Xelhua]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - Giant+
-* [[Chinese mythology#Mythical creatures|Xing Tian]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Headless giant+
-* [[Xiuhcoatl]] ([[Aztec mythology|Aztec]]) - Drought spirit+
- +
-== Y ==+
-[[Image:Yale salient.gif|thumb|189px|right|Heraldic image of a [[Yale]].]]+
- +
-* [[Yacumama]] ([[South America]]) - Sea monster+
-* [[Yadōkai]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Malevolent, nocturnal spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yagyō-san]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Demon who rides through the night on a headless horse+
-* [[Yaksha]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]], [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]], and [[Jainism]]) - Male nature spirit+
-* [[Yakshini#Yakshis in Kerala|Yakshi]] ([[Keralite]]) - Vampire+
-* [[Yakshini]] ([[Buddhist mythology|Buddhist]], [[Hindu mythology|Hindu]], and [[Jainism]]) - Female nature spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yakubyō-gami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Disease and misfortune spirit+
-* [[Yale (mythical creature)|Yale]] ([[Bestiary|Medieval Bestiaries]]) - Antelope- or goat-like animal with swiveling horns+
-* [[Yallery-Brown]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yama-biko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Echo spirit+
-* [[Yama-bito]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Savage, mountain-dwelling humanoid+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yama-chichi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Monkey-like mountain spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yama-inu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Dog-like mountain spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yama-otoko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mountain giant+
-* [[Yamata no Orochi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Gigantic, eight-headed serpent+
-* [[Yama-uba]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Malevolent, mountain-dwelling hag+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yama-waro]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Hairy, one-eyed spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yanari]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Spirit which causes strange noises+
-* [[Yaoguai]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Animalistic demon+
-* [[Yara-ma-yha-who]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Diminutive, sucker-fingered vampire+
-* [[Three-legged bird|Yatagarasu]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Three-legged crow of Amaterasu+
-* [[Yato-no-kami]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Serpent spirits+
-* [[Yeth hound]] ([[English folklore|English]]) - Headless dog+
-* [[Yeti]] ([[Tibet]]) - Abominable Snowman+
-* [[Yilbegän]] ([[Turkish mythology|Turkic]]) - Either a dragon or a giant+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yobuko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mountain dwelling spirit+
-* [[Yōkai]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Monstrous spirit+
-* [[Yomotsu-shikome]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Underworld hag+
-* [[Korean dragon|Yong]] - [[Korean mythology|Korean]] dragon+
-* [[Yōsei]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yosuzume]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Mysterious bird that sings at night, sometimes indicating that the ''[[okuri-inu]]'' is near+
-* [[Chinese ghosts|You Hun Ye Gui]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Wandering ghost+
-* [[Yowie (cryptid)|Yowie]] ([[Australian Aboriginal mythology|Australian Aboriginal]]) - Nocturnal human-ape hybrid, also Yahoo+
-* [[Ypotryll]] ([[Heraldic]]) - Boar-camel-ox-serpent hybrid+
-* [[Chinese ghosts|Yuan Gui]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Distressed ghost+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan#Y|Yukinko]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Childlike snow spirit+
-* [[Yuki-onna]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Snow spirit+
-* [[Yūrei]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Ghost+
-* [[Yuxa]] ([[Turkish mythology|Tatar]]) - 100-year-old snake that transforms into a beautiful human+
- +
-== Z ==+
-[[Image:Zilant Metro.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Zilant]]. [[Kazan Metro]] station]]+
- +
-* [[Zahhak]] ([[Persian mythology|Persian]]) - Dragon+
-* [[Žaltys]] ([[Baltic mythology|Baltic]]) - Serpentine fertility spirit+
-* [[Zamzummim]] ([[Jewish mythology|Jewish]]) - Giant+
-* [[Zână]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Nature spirit+
-* [[Zashiki-warashi]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - House spirit+
-* [[Zburator]] ([[Romanian folklore|Romanian]]) - Wolf-headed dragon+
-* [[Zduhać]] ([[Slavic mythology]]) - Disembodied, heroic spirit+
-* [[Zennyo Ryūō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Rain-making dragon+
-* [[Firebird (Russian folklore)|Zhar-Ptitsa]] ([[Slavic mythology|Slavic]]) - Glowing bird+
-* [[Pig dragon|Zhulong]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Pig-headed dragon+
-* [[Vermilion Bird|Zhū Què]] ([[Chinese mythology|Chinese]]) - Fire elemental bird+
-* [[List of Lithuanian gods#Demonic beings|Žiburinis]] ([[Lithuanian mythology|Lithuanian]]) - Forest spirit in the form of a glowing skeleton+
-* [[Zilant]] ([[Turkish mythology|Tatar]]) - Flying reptile with chicken legs+
-* [[Zin]] ([[West Africa]]) - Water spirits+
-* [[Ziz]] ([[Jewish folklore|Jewish]]) - Giant Bird+
-* [[Zlatorog]] ([[Slovenia]]) - White deer with golden horns+
-* [[Zmeu]] ([[Romanian folklore]]) - Giant with a habit of kidnapping young girls+
-* [[Slavic dragon|Zmiy]] - [[Slavic mythology|Slavic]] dragon+
-* [[Zombie]] ([[Haitian Vodou|Vodou]]) - Re-animated corpse+
-* [[Zuijin]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Tutelary spirit+
-* [[Zunbera-bō]] ([[Japanese mythology|Japanese]]) - Faceless ghost+
- +
-== See also ==+
-* [[Bestiary]]+
-* [[Book of Imaginary Beings]]+
-* [[Centauroid creature]]+
-* [[Chinese mythology#Mythical creatures|Chinese mythical creatures]]+
-* [[Cryptozoology]]+
-* [[Ghosts in Malay culture]]+
-* [[Heraldry]]+
-* [[Legendary creature]]+
-* [[Legendary creatures of the Argentine Northwest region]]+
-* [[List of angels]]+
-* [[List of beings referred to as fairies]]+
-* [[List of cryptids]]+
-* [[List of dragons in mythology and folklore]]+
-* [[List of fictional demons]]+
-* [[List of fictional species]]+
-* [[List of flying mythological creatures]]+
-* [[List of giants in mythology and folklore]]+
-* [[List of Greek mythological creatures]]+
-* [[List of legendary creatures by type]]+
-* [[List of legendary creatures from Japan]]+
-* [[List of Monsters]]+
-* [[List of theological demons]]+
-* [[List of vampires in folklore and mythology]]+
-* [[Monster]]+
-* [[Mythic Humanoids]]+
-* [[Philippine mythical creatures]]+
- +
-{{GFDL}}+

Current revision

  1. redirectLegendary creature
Retrieved from "http://artandpopularculture.com/Lists_of_legendary_creatures"
Personal tools
Metas